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How the
US Army helps "to fight thirst, poverty and disease" in
Ecuador and
Bolivia. Hosted by
Dana Andrews.
From "Your
Army Reports" No 9.
Public domain film from the
Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
Ecuador /ˈɛkwədɔr/ E-kwə-dawr), officially the
Republic of Ecuador (
Spanish:
República del Ecuador [reˈpuβlika ðel ekwaˈðor], which literally translates as "
Republic of the
Equator") is a representative democratic republic in northwestern
South America, bordered by
Colombia on the north,
Peru on the east and south, and the
Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the
Galápagos Islands in the
Pacific, about 1,
000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland.
The main spoken language in Ecuador is Spanish (94% of the population). Languages of official use in native communities include
Quichua,
Shuar, and eleven other languages. Ecuador has a land area of 283,520 km2. Its capital city is
Quito, which was declared a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO in the
1970s for having the best preserved and least altered historic center in
Latin America.
The country's largest city is
Guayaquil. The historic center of
Cuenca, the third-largest city in the country in size and economically, was also declared a World Heritage Site in
1999 as an outstanding example of a planned, inland Spanish-style colonial city in the
Americas.
Ecuador is home to a great variety of species, many of them endemic, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. This species diversity makes Ecuador one of the seventeen megadiverse countries in the world, it is considered the most biodiverse country in the world per unit area.
The new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable
Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
Ecuador is a presidential republic. It became independent in 1830 after having been part of the
Spanish colonial empire and, for a much shorter time, of the republic of
Gran Colombia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia
Bolivia (/bəˈlɪviə/, Spanish: [boˈliβja], Quechua: Buliwya, Aymara: Wuliwya), officially known as the
Plurinational State of Bolivia (Spanish:
Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia locally: [esˈtaðo pluɾinasjoˈnal de βoˈliβja]), is a landlocked country located in central South America. It is bordered by
Brazil to the north and east,
Paraguay and
Argentina to the south,
Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west.
Prior to
European colonization, the
Andean region of Bolivia was a part of the
Inca Empire -- the largest state in
Pre-Columbian America. The conquistadors took control of the region in the
16th century. During most of the
Spanish colonial period, this territory was known as
Upper Peru and was under the administration of the
Viceroyalty of Peru, which included most of
Spain's
South American colonies, although the area enjoyed substantial autonomy under the jurisdiction of the
Royal Court of Charcas. After the first call for independence in 1809, 16 years of war followed before the establishment of the Republic, named for
Simón Bolívar, on 6 August 1825. Bolivia has struggled through periods of political instability and economic woes.
Bolivia is a democratic republic that is divided into nine departments. Its geography is varied from the peaks of the
Andes in the
West, to the Eastern
Lowlands, situated within the
Amazon Basin. It is a developing country, with a
Medium Human Development Index score, and a poverty level of 53%
. Its main economic activities include agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, and manufacturing goods such as textiles, clothing, refined metals, and refined petroleum. Bolivia is very wealthy in minerals, especially tin.
The Bolivian population, estimated at
10 million, is multiethnic, including
Amerindians, Mestizos,
Europeans,
Asians and Africans. The main language spoken is Spanish, although the
Guarani, Aymara and
Quechua languages are also common, and all four, as well as 34 other indigenous languages, are official...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
U.S._National_Geodetic_Survey
The National Geodetic
Survey (
NGS), formerly the U.S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey (
USCGS), is a
United States federal agency that defines and manages a national coordinate system, providing the foundation for transportation and communication; mapping and charting; and a large number of applications of science and engineering. Since
1970, it has been part of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (
NOAA), of the U.S.
Department of Commerce...
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