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Venezuela

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  Venezuela  , officially the  Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  is a country on the northern coast of  South America , consisting of a continental landmass and many small islands and  islets  in the  Caribbean Sea . It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km 2  (353,841 sq mi) and the population of Venezuela was estimated at 28 million in 2019.The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of  Caracas . The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the  Atlantic Ocean , on the west by  Colombia ,  Brazil  on the south,  Trinidad and Tobago  to the north-east and on the east by  Guyana . The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to  Guayana Esequiba . Venezuela is a  federal   presidential republic  consisting of  23 states , the  Capital District  and  federal dependencies  c...

Brazil

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Brazil  officially the  Federative Republic of Brazil  ,is the largest country in both  South America  and  Latin America . At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles) and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's  fifth-largest country by area  and the  sixth most populous . Its capital is  Brasília , and  its most populous city  is  São Paulo . The federation is composed of the union of the 26  states  and the  Federal District . It is the largest country to have  Portuguese  as an  official language  and the only one in the  Americas ;  it is also one of the most  multicultural  and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass  immigration from around the world ; as well as the most populous  Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a  coastline  of 7,...

ARGENTINA

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Argentina , officially the  Argentine Republic   is a country located mostly in the southern half of  South America . Sharing the bulk of the  Southern Cone  with  Chile  to the west, the country is also bordered by  Bolivia  and  Paraguay  to the north,  Brazil  to the northeast,  Uruguay  and the  South Atlantic Ocean  to the east, and the  Drake Passage  to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km 2  (1,073,500 sq mi),  Argentina is the  eighth-largest country  in the world, the fourth largest in  the Americas , the second largest in South America after  Brazil , and the largest  Spanish-speaking  nation by area. The  sovereign state  is subdivided into twenty-three  provinces    and one  autonomous city   ,  Buenos Aires , which is the  federal capital  of the nation (Spanish:...

BRAZIL

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Brazil  ( Portuguese :  Brasil ;  Brazilian Portuguese:  [bɾaˈziw] ),officially the  Federative Republic of Brazil  (Portuguese:  República Federativa do Brasil ), [10]  is the largest country in both  South America  and  Latin America . At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles) [11]  and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's  fifth-largest country by area  and the  sixth most populous . Its capital is  Brasília , and  its most populous city  is  São Paulo . The federation is composed of the union of the 26  states  and the  Federal District . It is the largest country to have  Portuguese  as an  official language  and the only one in the  Americas ;it is also one of the most  multicultural  and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass  immigration from around the world . Bounded b...