DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2016
14 COUNTRIES |
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743,270,963 POP LIVE |
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1. Brazil
Capital: Brasilia
President: Michel Temer
Population: 205.1 Million
City: São Paulo - 21.8 Million (12)
Language: Portugese
Corruption Rank: 76
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2. Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo
President: Tabaré Vázquez
Population: 3.4 Million
City: Montevidio - 1.8 Million (185)
Language: Spanish
Corruption Rank: 21
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3. Argentina
Capital: Buenos Aires
President: Mauricio Macri
Population: 44 Million
City: Buenos Aires - 15.8 Million (22)
Language: Spanish
Corruption Rank: 107
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4. Chile
Capital: Santiago
President: Michelle Bachelet
Population: 17.7 Million
City: Santiago - 7.1 Million (54)
Language: Spanish
Corruption Rank: 23
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5. Paraguay
Capital: Asuncion
President: Horacio Cartes
Population: 6.9 Million
City: Asunción
Language: Paraguayan Guaraní, Spanish
Corruption Rank: 130
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6. Bolivia
Capital: Sucre
President: Evo Morales
Population: 11.1 Million
City: La Paz - 1.9 Million (274)
Language: Spanish, Aymara ++++
Corruption Rank: 99
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7. Peru
Capital: Lima
President: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Population: 16.2 Million
City: Lima 10 Million (36)
Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Corruption Rank: 88
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8. Ecuador
Capital: Quito
President: Rafael Correa
Population: 16.2 Million
City: Quito 2.6 Million (194)
Language: Spanish
Corruption Rank: 107
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9. Colombia
Capital: Bogota
President: Juan Manuel Santos
Population: 47.5 Million
City: Bogota - 9.4 Million (39)
Language: Spanish
Corruption Rank: 83
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10. Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
President: Nicolás Maduro
Population: 29.8 Million
City: Caracas - 37. Million (125)
Language: Spanish
Corruption Rank: 158
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11. Guyana
Capital: Georgetown
President: David A. Granger
Population: 751,014
City: Georgetown - 235,017
Language: English
Corruption Rank: 119
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12. Suriname
Capital: Paramaribo
President: Dési Bouterse
Population: 588,051
City: Paramaribo - 243,556
Language: Dutch
Corruption Rank: 88
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13. French Guiana
Capital: Cayenne
President: Rodolphe Alexandre
Population: 250,377
City: Cayenne - 61,550
Language: French
Religion: R. Catholic (majority)
Corruption Rank: 23 (FRANCE)
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14. Falkland Islands
Capital: Stanley
Queen: Elizabeth II
Population: 3,140
City: Stanley 2,213
Language: English
Religion: Christianity
Corruption Rank: n/a
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