Talk:History of South America

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[edit] Root of international debt

Hello folks. It is known in Brazil that international debt has first started from the compensations that had to be paid to the portuguese and english crowns towards recognition of independance. If that is the case for the spanish speaking countries as well, maybe we should move the note about international debt problems from the "modern history" to "independence"? I'm not familiar with the spanish speaking countries' history, though, so would anyone care to comment? Claus Aranha 06:09, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pre Colombian Amazon

For later adition to the "amazon" subtopic

At first, it was believed that the Amazon forest was sparsely populated by hunter-gatherer tribes in the pre-colombian age. Archeologist Betty J. Meggers is a defender of this idea, with her book Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise.

However, recent archeological findings have raised support for the idea that the region was actually densely populated.

The Terra Preta (black earth), which can be found in large areas in the amazon forest, is a kind of soil which is very fertile for agriculture. It is believed that this soil was a creation of natives living in the amazon, in order to be able to perform agriculture in the hostile environment.

Also, In the region of the Xinguanos tribe, remaints of large settlements in the middle of the Amazon forest were found in 2003 by Michael Heckenberger, of the University of Florida, and colleages. Among those were evidence of roads, bridges and large plazas.

Claus Aranha 09:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] South American Community of Nations

Should this organization of all South American states, modeled after the EU andplanned to start operations in the next few years, be added to recent events?

I don't see why not. Feel free to add a paragraph.-gadfium 02:06, 4 May 2006 (UTC)