Þ Chief of State: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Þ Head of Government: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Þ Population: 40,301,927 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 2,736,690 sq km
Þ Capital City : Buenos Aires
Þ Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Þ Calling Code-54
Þ Currency- Austral and Argenintinian Neuvo Peso
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 7/9/1816
Þ GDP: $608.8 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Governor: Fredis Refunjol (2004)
Þ Prime Minister: Nelson O. Oduber (2001)
Þ Population: 100,018 (2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 193 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Dutch (official), English, Spanish, Papiamento
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Aruban Guilder
Þ Religions: Confucian, Muslim, Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Jewish, Hindu
Þ Government: parliamentary
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $2.258 billion (2005 EST.)
Þ Status: Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Þ Chief of State: President Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Þ Head of Government: President Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Þ Population: 8,857,870
Þ Land Area: 1,084,390 sq km
Þ Capital City : Sucre
Þ Languages: Quechua (official), Spanish (official), Aymara (official)
Þ Calling Code-591
Þ Currency- Boliviano and Bolivian Peso
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/6/1825
Þ GDP: $22.33 billion (2004 EST.)
Brazile
Þ Chief of State: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Þ Head of Government: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Þ Population: 186,112,794
Þ Land Area: 8,456,510 sq km
Þ Capital City : Brasilia
Þ Languages: English, French, Portuguese (official), Spanish
Þ Calling Code-55
Þ Currency- Real
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 80%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 9/7/1822
Þ GDP: $1.492 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Sebastián Piñera
Þ Head of Government: President Sebastián Piñera
Þ Population: 15,980,912
Þ Land Area: 748,800 sq km
Þ Capital City : Santiago
Þ Languages: Spanish
Þ Calling Code-56
Þ Currency- Unidades de Fomento and Chilean Peso
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 9/18/1810
Þ GDP: $169.1 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon
Þ Head of Government: President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon
Þ Population: 42,954,279
Þ Land Area: 1,038,700 sq km
Þ Capital City : Bogota
Þ Languages: Spanish
Þ Calling Code-57
Þ Currency- Colomban Peso
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 90%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 7/20/1810
Þ GDP: $281.1 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Rafael Correa Delgado
Þ Head of Government: President Rafael Correa Delgado
Þ Population: 13,363,593
Þ Land Area: 276,840 sq km
Þ Capital City : Quito
Þ Languages: Quechua, Spanish (official), Amerindian languages
Þ Calling Code-593
Þ Currency- US
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 5/24/1822
Þ GDP: $49.51 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Governor: Howard Pearce (2002)
Þ Chief Executive: A. M. Gurr
Þ Population: 2,967
Þ Land Area: 12,173 sq km
Þ Capital City : Stanley
Þ Languages: English
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Falkland pound
Þ Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church
Þ Government: NA
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $75 million (2002 EST.)
Þ Status: Overseas territory
Frence Guiana
Þ Prefect: Jean-Pierre Laflaquière (2006)
Þ Population: 195,506
Þ Land Area: 89,150 sq km
Þ Capital City : Cayenne
Þ Languages: French
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic
Þ Government: NA
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $1.551 billion (2003 EST.)
Þ Status: Overseas Department
Þ Chief of State: President Bharrat Jagdeo
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Samuel Hinds
Þ Population: 765,283
Þ Land Area: 196,850 sq km
Þ Capital City : Georgetown
Þ Languages: English, Amerindian languages
Þ Calling Code-592
Þ Currency- Guyana
Þ Religions: Christian 55%, Muslim 9%, Hindu 33%, other 8%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 5/26/1966
Þ GDP: $2.899 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Governor: Frits Goedgedrag (2002)
Þ Prime Minister: Emily de Jongh-Elhage (2006)
Þ Population: 219,958
Þ Land Area: 960 sq km
Þ Capital City : Willemstad
Þ Languages: Dutch(official), English, Spanish, Papiamento
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Netherlands Antilles Guilder (Florin )
Þ Religions: Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
Þ Government: parliamentary
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $2.45 billion (2003 EST.)
Þ Status: Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Paraguey
Þ Chief of State: President: Fernando Armindo Lugo
Þ Head of Government: President: Fernando Armindo Lugo
Þ Population: 6,347,884
Þ Land Area: 397,300 sq km
Þ Capital City : Asuncion
Þ Languages: Spanish(official), Guarani
Þ Calling Code-595
Þ Currency- Guarani
Þ Religions: Mennonite, Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant
Þ Government: constitutional republic
Þ Date of independence: 5/14/1811
Þ GDP: $29.93 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President:Alan Garcia Perez
Þ Head of Government: President:Alan Garcia Perez
Þ Population: 27,925,628
Þ Land Area: 1.28 million sq km
Þ Capital City : Lima
Þ Languages: Quechua (official), Spanish (official), Aymara
Þ Calling Code-51
Þ Currency- Inti and New sol
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 90%
Þ Government: constitutional republic
Þ Date of independence: 7/28/1821
Þ GDP: $155.3 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan
Þ Head of Government: President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan
Þ Population: 436,935
Þ Land Area: 161,470 sq km
Þ Capital City : Paramaribo
Þ Languages: Dutch (official), English, Sranang Tongo
Þ Calling Code-597
Þ Currency- Surinam Guilder (also known as Florin )
Þ Religions: Moravian, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2%, indigenous beliefs 5%, Hindu 27%
Þ Government: constitutional democracy
Þ Date of independence: 11/25/1975
Þ GDP: $1.885 billion (2004 EST.)
Trinidad & Tobago
Þ Chief of State: President George Maxwell Richards
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Þ Population: 1,088,644
Þ Land Area: 5,128 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: English (official), French, Hindi, Spanish
Þ Calling Code-1-868
Þ Currency- Trinidad and Tobago
Þ Religions: Anglican 10.9%, Presbyterian 3.4%, Muslim 5.8%, Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, other 26.7%
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 8/31/1962
Þ GDP: $11.48 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Jose Mujica
Þ Head of Government: President Jose Mujica
Þ Population: 3,415,920
Þ Land Area: 173,620 sq km
Þ Capital City : Montevideo
Þ Languages: Spanish, Portunol, Brazilero
Þ Calling Code-598
Þ Currency- Uruguayan Peso
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 66%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/25/1825
Þ GDP: $49.27 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Hugo Chavez Frias
Þ Head of Government: President Hugo Chavez Frias
Þ Population: 25,375,281
Þ Land Area: 882,050 sq km
Þ Capital City : Caracas
Þ Languages: Spanish, indigenous languages
Þ Calling Code-58
Þ Currency- Bolivar Fuerte
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 7/5/1811
Þ GDP: $145.2 billion (2004 EST.)
