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SURINAME
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a unitary Republic
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Dutch
Paramaribo
63,252 sq miles
563,402 (2017)
$9 billion (2019)
Surinamese dollar
Protestant 27%
Catholic 21%
Hindu 22%
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DESI BOUTERSE
Age: 74 (b. 1945)
Since 2010, ALSO 1980-1987
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GUYANA
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a unitary Presidential
Constitutional Socialist
Republic
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English
Georgetown
83,000 sq miles
783,769 (2018)
$7 billion (2018)
Guyanese dollar
Christian 57%
Hindu 25%
Islam 7%
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President
DAVID A. GRANGER
Age: 74 (b. 1945)
Since 2015
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Prime Minister
MOSES NAGAMOOTOO
Age: 72 (b. 1947)
Since 2015
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VENEZUELA
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Federal presidential
constitutional republic
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Spanish
Caracas
353,841 sq miles
28 million (2018)
$70 billion nominal
Petro & Bolivar
Soberano
Catholic 71%
Protestant 17%
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President
NICOLAS MADURO
Age: 57 (b. 1962)
Since 2013
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A dispute over May 2018 election
has thrown country into chaos.
Nicolas Maduro also claims the
presidency. The world awaits to
see what happens.
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COLOMBIA
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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Spanish
Bogotá
440,831 sq miles
48.2 million (2019)
$792 billion (2019)
Peso
Catholic 75%
Protestant 16%
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President
IVAN DUQUE MARQUEZ
Age: 43 (b. 1976)
Since 2018
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ECUADOR
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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Spanish
Quito
109,484 sq miles
17 million (2018)
$202 billion (2019)
US dollar
Catholic 80%
Protestant 11%
Athiest 8%
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President
LENIN MORENO
Age: 66 (b. 1953)
Since 2017
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PERU
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a unitary presidential
republic
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Spanish
Lima
496,225 sq miles
33 million (2019)
$487 billion (2019)
Sol
Catholic 76%
Protestant 19%
None 5%
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President
Since Nov 2020
MANUEL MERINO
Born 1961
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Prime Minister
VICENTE ZEBALLOS
Age: 56 (b. 1963)
Since 2019
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BRAZIL
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a federal presidential
constitutional republic
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Portuguese
Brazilia
3,287,956 sq miles
210 million (2019)
$3.5 trillion (2019)
Real
Catholic 65%
Protestant 22%
None 8%
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President
JAIR BOLSONARO
Age: 64 (b. 1955)
Since 2019
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BOLIVIA
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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Spanish
Sucre & La Paz
424,164 sq miles
11.4 million (2019)
$89 billion (2019)
Boliviano
Catholic 78%
Protestant 19%
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PRESIDENT
Since Nov 2020
LUIS ARCE
Born 1963
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PARAGUAY
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a unitary dominant-party
presidential republic
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Spanish
Asunción
157,048 sq miles
7 million (2019)
$101 billion (2019)
Guaraní
Catholic 89%
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President
MARIO ABDO BENITEZ
Age: 48 (b.1971)
Since 2018
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CHILE
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a unitary presidential
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Spanish
Santiago
291,930 sq miles
17.5 million (2017)
$503 billion (2019)
Peso
Catholic 55%
Protestant 13%
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President
SEBASTIAN PINERA
Age: 70 (b. 1949)
Since 2018
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ARGENTINA
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a federal presidential
constitutional republic
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Spanish
Buenos Aires
1,073,500 sq miles
45 million (2019)
$904 billion (2019)
Peso
Catholic 63%
None 19%
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President
MAURICIO MACRI
Age: 60 (b. 1959)
Since 2015
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URUGUAY
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a unitary presidential
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Spanish
Montevideo
68,037 sq miles
3.5 million (2018)
$83 billion (2019)
Uruguayan peso
None 41%
Catholic 41%
Prtotestant 12%
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President
TABARE VAZQUEZ
Age: 79 (b. 1940)
Since 2015, also 2005-2010
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