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World's longest continental mountain range
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Andes
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European country that holds most of the dependent Caribbean territories
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United Kingdom
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Often referred to as the best Latin American university
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USP (Universidade de São Paulo)
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Bolivian city that held the 16th century silver boom
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Potosí
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Highest active volcano in the world (6,893m/22,615 ft)
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Ojos del Salado
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Mexico's second most populous metropolitan area, host of the 2011 Pan American Games
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Guadalajara
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First country in the world to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana
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Uruguay
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Easternmost city, "where the sun rises first"
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João Pessoa
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Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America
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Nazca Plate
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Chilean island famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai
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Easter Island
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Artificial 77 km (48 m) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean
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Panama Canal
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Executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina
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Casa Rosada
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Country with the highest HDI (Human Development Index)
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Chile
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Country with the lowest HDI (Human Development Index)
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Haiti
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Rio de Janeiro famous beach, popularized by Bossa Nova
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Ipanema
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Highest mountain
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Aconcagua
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Peninsula where a meteor collided 66 million years ago
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Yucatán Peninsula
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In 1982, Argentina engaged into conflict with UK regarding the control over this territory
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Falkland Islands
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Peruvian city, former capital of the Inca Empire
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Cusco
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Alongside with Chile, this is the only South American country that does not share a border with Brazil
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Ecuador
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World's largest salt flat (10,582 km²/4,086 sq mi)
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Salar de Uyuni
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Most populous city
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São Paulo
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Most populous metropolitan area
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Mexico City
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15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above sea level.
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Machu Picchu
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Stadium declared by FIFA as the only historical monument of World Football
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Estadio Centenario
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Venezuela waterfall that inspired the setting of the Disney animation Up
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Angel Falls
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Biggest economy
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Brazil
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Cuban bay that houses a controversial American prison
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Guantanamo
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Argentinian city famous for the production of Malbecs and other red wines
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Mendoza
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World's largest river by discharge volume of water
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Amazon River
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Southern common market
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Mercosur
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Southern's largest lake by volume of water and by surface area
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Lake Titicaca
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Landlocked country named after a famous liberator
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Bolivia
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Dominican Republic capital, the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas
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Santo Domingo
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Highest city in the world (5,100 m/16,700 ft)
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La Rinconada
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Brazilian city where the astronomical observation of a solar eclipse, in 1919, was offered as the first proof of Einstein's theory of general relativity
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Sobral
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Ecuadorian archipelago of volcanic islands visited by Darwin in the 19th century
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Galápagos Islands
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Largest desert (670,000 km²/258,688 sq mi)
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Patagonian Desert
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Largest non-polar desert (105,000 km²/40,541 sq mi)
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Atacama Desert
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Astronomical interferometer located at the above
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ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array)
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Colombian city that harbored a famous cartel headed by Pablo Escobar
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Medellín
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Revenue from petroleum exports accounts for more than 50% of this country's GDP and roughly 95% of total exports
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Venezuela
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