There are admirable illustrations and sketch-maps and copious bibliographies, ... Economic Geography of South America. Prof. R. H. Whitbeck By. Pp. vii + 430.

With information on capitals, years of independence, political developments, and other details on each country, the map below features the array of life that is South America. Next: Argentina ...

Mining made up 57.8 percent of Chile’s total exports in 2009, up from 54.4 percent in 2005, government figures show. And it made up 15.5 percent of Chile’s gross domestic product.

T hroughout the 20th century, economic activity in America was clustered around the traditional business hubs in the Northeast, the Midwest, and California. Southern states were a bit of a backwater.

South America is heading for immense economic hardship after being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has exposed the severity of economic inequality across the continent.

Imagine a South America dramatically reshaped by the complete melting of Earth's ice caps. This video explores the potential transformation of the continent’s geography, highlighting submerged ...

The region's economic growth is forecasted to decline by the end of 2023 and bottom out in 2024. As per estimates from the IMF, real GDP growth is expected to drop from 4.1% in 2022 to 2.3% in ...

Below, a map created using 2022 data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows the deposits of rare earth elements located in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Competing Economic Growth Models Produce Different Outcomes . Notwithstanding the overall negative trends described above, not all countries in Latin America look alike.

South America’s leaders gathered Tuesday in Brazil’s capital as part of an effort by the Brazilian president to revive regional cooperation in energy, crime-fighting and the economy. The ...

SOUTH AMERICA offers great scope for economic development from the European point of view. Too much that is written about that continent has a commercial bias or a political colouring. Thus a ...