Post on 05-Jan-2016
South AmericaSouth America
Government and Economy Government and Economy
South AmericaSouth America
EconomyEconomy CitiesCities IssuesIssues
•Developing or Developing or middle income middle income countries.countries.
•Agriculture, Agriculture, subsistence and subsistence and commercial farming commercial farming
•Wide range of Wide range of industrial productsindustrial products•Mercosur important Mercosur important free trade group. free trade group.
•Large parts of each Large parts of each country’s population country’s population living in big cities.living in big cities.
•Rural-Urban Rural-Urban migrationmigration
•Urban poor living in Urban poor living in slums that surround slums that surround the city.the city.
•Crime and lack of Crime and lack of services in these services in these areas.areas.
•Poverty Poverty
•Amazon Rain Amazon Rain Forests being Forests being cleared for farming cleared for farming and ranching.and ranching.
•Soil exhaustion Soil exhaustion and overgrazing and overgrazing the landthe land
•Border disputesBorder disputesTerrorism and Terrorism and political corruptionpolitical corruption
Government ReviewGovernment Review
RepublicRepublic: People have an impact on : People have an impact on its government. its government.
Federal RepublicFederal Republic: Division of power : Division of power between the federal government and between the federal government and local governments.local governments.
Constitutional RepublicConstitutional Republic: Everyone : Everyone elected to represent the people must elected to represent the people must govern according to constitutional govern according to constitutional law. law.
Country Government Country Government
Country NameCountry Name Government Government TypeType
Leaders NameLeaders Name Economic Economic SystemSystem
Columbia
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Republic
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Argentina
Federal Republic
Republic
Republic
Republic
Constitutional Republic
Market
Market
Market
Market
Market
Market
President Cristina Fernandez
President Hugo Chavez
President Alan Garcia Perez
President Juan Manuel Santos
President Sebastián Piñera
PresidenDilma Rousseff
Major Presidents of South AmericaMajor Presidents of South America
President Cristina Fernandez
President
Dilma Rousseff
President Hugo Chavez
President
Sebastian Piñera
Images of South AmericaImages of South America