Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Christ of the Andes towers over the city

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Christ of the Andes towers over the city

PELE

Brazilian soccer great

Christ of Andes

Iguassu Falls

A Brazilian village on the Amazon

The Opera House in Manaus, Brazil Built in

early 20th century with rubber profits

Brazil

Amazon

Brasilia

Rio de Janeiro

Carnaval

Evita Peron

La Argentina

“Land of Silver”

Buenos Aires

Pampas

Patagonia

Jim Jones Massacre/suicide

Guyana, formerly British Guiana

Georgetown

Jungle

Andres Galarraga The Big CatCaracas, Venezuela

Angel Falls, Venezuela

Venezuela

Caracas

llanos

Lake Maracaibo

Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos

Ecuador’s islands in the Pacific

Ecuador

Atahualpa Pizarro

Machu Picchu (Old Peak), Peru, Lost city of the Incas

Discovered in 1911, 107 females

Machu Picchu, Lost City of Incas

Suspension bridge at 14K

The Andes of Peru

PERU

On December 2, 1993, one day after his 44th birthday, Escobar Gaviria's bloody reign came to an end. An elite force of nationalpolice and military commandos trapped the drug lord on a rooftop in Medellin. After killing Escobar Gaviria in a hail of bullets, thetroops celebrated by firing their weapons in the air and shouting, "We won!"

Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord, Medellin cartel

ColombiaBogota

Medellin

Cali

Buena-ventura

The Altiplano, Bolivia

Llamas on Bolivia’s altiplano

An altiplano village in Bolivia

Bolivia

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, driest place in W. Hem.

A mining city in the Atacama

Valparaiso, Chile, busy seaport

Atacama Desert

Santiago

Valparaiso

Tierra del Fuego