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- Aspasia (orchid) [r]: Is an orchid genus formed by seven species spread from Costa Rica to South Brazil and closely related to the genus Miltonia. [e]
- Atlantic Ocean [r]: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
- Bifrenaria [r]: A genus of orchids formed by circa twenty species of South America, some widely cultivated because of their large and colored flowers; divided in two distinct groups, one with large flowers and short inflorescences and the other with small flowers and long inflorescences. [e]
- Bogotá [r]: Bogotá is the capital city of Colombia [e]
- Brazil [r]: Largest country in South America with a population of 190 million people and rich resources; Portuguese is the national language [e]
- CIA activities in Peru [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Caribbean crazy ant [r]: A species of ant named for its apparently erratic foraging pattern. [e]
- Caribbean [r]: A region in the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands, and the surrounding coasts. [e]
- Chile [r]: A country in the southwestern part of South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. [e]
- Ciénaga, Magdalena [r]: The second largest municipality and village in the Magdalena Department, Colombia in South America. [e]
- Cocaine [r]: A crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant, that is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant; it is also a local anesthetic primarily used in otolaryngology [e]
- Coffee [r]: One of the most popular and widely consumed beverages in the world today. [e]
- Colombia History [r]: The history of Colombia by periods of time. [e]
- Coral snake [r]: Large group of elapid snakes most notable for their red, yellow, and black colored banding. [e]
- Country [r]: Nation, state, region, or territory, or large tract of land distinguishable by features of topography, biology, or culture. [e]
- Crotalus durissus [r]: A venomous rattlesnake species found in Mexico and South America. [e]
- Fidel Castro [r]: (1926—) Former president of Cuba. [e]
- France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. [e]
- Gabriel García Márquez [r]: Colombian novelist, author of 100 Years of Solitude and other works. [e]
- Gold [r]: Chemical element 79, a lustrous corrosion-resistant precious metal used for money, electronics and jewelry. [e]
- Graydidascalus brachyurus (Short-tailed Parrot) [r]: Only species of the genus Graydidascalus, found along both banks of the Amazon river and other major Amazonian rivers in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [e]
- Green Anaconda [r]: Largest member of the boa family of snakes and a member of the super-order Squamata, known to live in the seasonally flooded lowlands surrounding the Amazon basin. [e]
- Hunter-gatherer [r]: Society is one whose primary subsistence method involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting. [e]
- Inflation [r]: An increase in the general level of the prices of goods and services. [e]
- Ingrid Betancourt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Insurgency [r]: A wide range of political and military actions intended to change a government, through means considered illegal by that government. [e]
- Intelligence interrogation, U.S. [r]: Policies, techniques and practices of United States interrogation in a national intelligence-gathering context. (See Intelligence interrogation, U.S., George W. Bush Administration for recent detailed discussions) [e]
- Judaism [r]: Monotheistic religion of the Jewish people based on the Torah. [e]
- Lachesis (genus) [r]: Genus of venomous pitvipers found in the remote, forested areas in Central and South America. [e]
- Lachesis muta [r]: Venomous pit viper species found in South America. [e]
- Latin America [r]: The region of the Americas that shares a common tradition and historical heritage of European colonization, mostly Iberian. [e]
- Liberation theology [r]: Movement in Catholic theology that seeks liberation for the poor. [e]
- Lightning [r]: An atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. [e]
- List of rivers by length [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Magdalena Department [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Magdalena River [r]: The principle river of Colombia, South America. [e]
- Mexico [r]: A country in North America, bordering the United States on the north and Guatemala and Belize on the south. [e]
- Mountain range [r]: Chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. [e]
- New England [r]: Region of the northeastern USA consisting of the 6 states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [e]
- New York City [r]: The largest city in the United States of America and a world center of finance, commerce, communications, and the arts. [e]
- Orchid [r]: Any plant classified under Orchidaceae, one of the largest plant families and the largest among Monocotyledons. [e]
- Pacific Ocean [r]: the largest single mass of water in the world, lying between Asia and Australia on its west, and North America and South America on its east. [e]
- Peru [r]: A South American nation bordering Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. [e]
- Portugal [r]: South-west European republic (population c. 10.7 million; capital Lisbon) on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula, with a long Atlantic coastline to its west and bordering Spain to the north and east. [e]
- Richard Perle [r]: An American political scientist who has been an important advisor and facilitator, rather than executive, for U.S. foreign policy and is associated with neoconservatism [e]
- South Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Spanish language [r]: A Romance language widely spoken in Spain, its current and former territories, and the United States of America. [e]
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [r]: A restorationist Christian denomination founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. and currently headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. [e]
- Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. [e]
- Transnational spillover from insurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Republican Party [r]: One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol [e]
- U.S. foreign policy [r]: The foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. [e]
- U.S. government training of foreign police [r]: The scope of U.S. activities in the training of foreign police, where the major emphasis is on learning skills rather than their immediate application in a cooperative international law enforcement effort [e]
- U.S. intelligence activities in the Americas [r]: Activities by the United States intelligence community in the Western Hemisphere, including but not limited to that of the Central Intelligence Agency; there are major drug enforcement programs, shared military projects, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had jurisdiction in WWII [e]
- U.S. intelligence and transnational crime and drugs [r]: Activities of the United States intelligence community that are concerned with transnational crime and the drug trade, beyond the jurisdiction of domestic law enforcement [e]
- Venezuela [r]: A Latin American country located at the north of South America. [e]
