Upload
moris-wheeler
View
232
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
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