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  • Thumbnail for Sapiranga
    Sapiranga is a city in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of roughly 80,000 inhabitants. It is located in an industrial area called...
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    Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located 224.8 km (139.7 mi) from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has...
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  • Thumbnail for Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research
    The Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), or Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, is a scientific research institute and...
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  • Censorship in Brazil, both cultural and political, occurred throughout the whole period following the colonization of the country. Even though most state...
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  • Corumbá was under the control of Paraguay since the beginning of 1865, in the first phase of the Paraguayan War. José Vieira Couto de Magalhães (the president...
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  • The Battle of River Feio or First Withdrawal, was an episode that occurred even at the beginning of the Mato Grosso Campaign in which about 200 Brazilians...
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  • This is an incomplete list of the highest settlements in the world. Only settlements that are permanently occupied all year long with a significant population...
    14 KB (384 words) - 08:46, 12 April 2024
  • Bernardo Álvarez Herrera (Carora, Lara State, 18 August 1956 – 25 November 2016) was Venezuela's ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2010 (with...
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  • Thumbnail for María Rachid
    María Rachid (born 8 November 1974) is a politician, social leader of the human rights area and the collective LGBT community in Argentina. She served...
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  • Chicha Press (Prensa Chicha in Spanish) is a Peruvian nickname for sensationalist tabloid newspapers that first emerged in the 1980s. The etymology of...
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  • Thumbnail for Josette Vidal
    Josette Vidal (born 25 March 1993) is a Venezuelan television actress. She is most recognized for her portrayal of Melibea Fuentes Cordero, on the Televen...
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  • Orinoco es is the third studio album by Colombian joropo band Cimarrón, released on May 17, 2019. Orinoco was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2019...
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  • Puerto Merizalde is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia. Puerto Merizalde has an extremely wet tropical rainforest...
    5 KB (43 words) - 09:20, 24 January 2022
  • San Francisco de Naya is a village in Buenaventura municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia. San Francisco de Naya has an extremely wet tropical...
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