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The Americas, or America, are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World.
In the English language, the Americas refers to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, whereas America, in current usage, usually refers to the United States of America.
The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people).
The specifics of Paleo-Indian migration to and throughout the Americas, including the exact dates and routes traveled, are subject to ongoing research and discussion. The traditional theory has been that these early migrants moved into the Beringia land bridge between eastern Siberia and present-day Alaska around 40,000–17,000 years ago, when sea levels were significantly lowered due to the Quaternary glaciation. These people are believed to have followed herds of now-extinct pleistocene megafauna along ice-free corridors that stretched between the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets. Another route proposed is that, either on foot or using primitive boats, they migrated down the Pacific Northwest coast to South America. Evidence of the latter would since have been covered by a sea level rise of hundreds of meters following the last ice age.
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75 countries. For nearly all of the character's publication history, Captain America was the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif, and is armed with an indestructible shield that can be thrown as a weapon.
An intentionally patriotic creation who was often depicted fighting the Axis powers of World War II, Captain America was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. After the war ended, the character's popularity waned and he disappeared by the 1950s aside from an ill-fated revival in 1953. Captain America was reintroduced during the Silver Age of comics when he was revived from suspended animation by the superhero team the Avengers in The Avengers #4 (March 1964). Since then, Captain America has often led the team, as well as starring in his own series.
America a tragic story told in a burlesque and ironic way, within a love triangle. Liza, a beautiful young Russian woman, is married to Victor, a small-time crook who lives on scheming and swindling, born and bred in Portugal. Fernanda, the ex wife, who ten year's passed decides to drop by, is the gang leader, an Andalusian Spaniard. Victor has to decide which women to follow, Liza cannot really leave him, Fernanda doesn't really want to stay. The six year old kid hangs everybody by a string. Eastern European newcomers give new business perspectives that are going to rock their small world by the beach: Cova do Vapor. A chaotic neighborhood of precarious housing located at Lisbon's gates, where the Tagus River meets the Atlantic, where fishermen and retired factory workers coexist. An obscure little place, where everything suddenly changes, even the weather. After a violent storm, the gangster's house gets a rusted fishing boat hanging on top of their home. In the midst of the tragedy, there's always room for love, and most of all, hope for a piece paper called passport, sometimes fake!
Keywords: accidental-murder, based-on-novel, boat-accident, euthanasia, forged-document, migration, passport, police-arrest, russian-mafia, storm
Actors: Deborah Secco (actress), Carlos Eduardo Valinoti (producer), Flora Diegues (producer), Flora Diegues (writer), Flora Diegues (director), Julio Secchin (editor), André Mielnik (writer), André Mielnik (editor), João Atala (editor), Ana Carolina Lopes (writer), Natalia Guerra (costume designer), Julia São Paulo (miscellaneous crew), Luiza Yabrudi (actress), Lucas Vasconcellos (miscellaneous crew), Lourenço Parente (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Gill Holland (miscellaneous crew), Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo (editor), Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo (producer), Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo (writer), Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo (director), Jaime Sánchez (actor), Priscila Amescua-Mendez (miscellaneous crew), Priscila Amescua-Mendez (miscellaneous crew), Germaine Franco (composer), Ana María Colombo (actress), Gy Mirano (actress), Gilberto Arribas (actor), Jennifer Lazea (actress), Nicolás Meradi (actor), Angela Counts (producer),
Plot: When tragedy strikes, 16 year old, América Campos is sent to Argentina to live with her anti-American grandmother Lucía América. América struggles to find her place with a grandmother she has never known and to hold onto a friendship with Sergio, a neighbor twice her age.
Keywords: anti-americanism, grandmother-granddaughter-relationship, number-in-title, teenage-girlActors: Carolina Aular (editor), Rodolfo Vivas (composer), Airam Cordido (writer), Vanessa Mujica (director), América Bracho (actress), Gabriela Hernandez (actress),
Plot: A Venezuelan family is divided politically. Worried about the critical situation in their homeland, two young Venezuelan women living in France return to Caracas. There they find their 28-year-old cousin, Gabby, who is anti-Chavez, living with her mostly pro-Chavez family. There are constant arguments which reflect the divisions in modern-day Venezuela. Each member of the family is affected by the crisis. In every bedroom, the television is always on, tuned into a channel of the same political leanings as its occupant. Contradictory around-the-clock news invades the house and feeds the arguments. Every aspect of daily life becomes political and a source of division until the day Gabby announces she is pregnant. Can the upcoming birth of this child pacify and bring this torn family together again?
Keywords: venezuelaActors: Zoe Berriatúa (actor), Eduard Fernández (actor), Manuel Gómez Pereira (director), José Sacristán (actor), Ana Belén (actress), César Benítez (producer), Joaquín Oristrell (writer), Fernando Colomo (actor), Raúl Arévalo (actor), José Salcedo (editor), Carlos Kaniowsky (actor), Carmen Balagué (actress), Iñaki Gabilondo (actor), Bingen Mendizábal (composer), Yolanda García Serrano (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Arnaldo André (actor), Yanis Chimaras (actor), Esperanza Magaz (actress), Luis Manzo (director), Rafael Romero (actor), Raúl Xiqués (actor), Henry Soto (actor), Javier Valcárcel (actor), José Bardina (actor), César Sierra (writer), Carlota Sosa (actress), Ricardo Bianchi (actor), Carlos Omaña (actor), Gabriela Vergara (actress), Roque Valero (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Leonardo Henríquez (editor), Antonio Llerandi (producer), Eileen Abad (actress), Gabriel Blanco (actor), Juan Manuel Montesinos (actor), Luke Grande (actor), Indhira Serrano (actress), Oscar Lucién (writer), Sara Sanders (actress), Oscar Lucién (director), Oscar Lucién (producer), Armando Coll (writer), José Vinicio Adames (composer), Ana María Pagliacci (actress), Blanca Strepponi (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Eugenio Derbez (actor), Alejandra Meyer (actress), José Magaña (actor), Pedro Damián (actor), Silvia Pinal (actress), Amparo Arozamena (actress), Alicia Encinas (actress), Omar Fierro (actor), Carlos Monden (actor), Alma Delfina (actress), Evangelina Martínez (actress), Ernesto Laguardia (actor), Jaime Garza (actor), Paco del Toro (actor), José Luis Cordero (actor),
Genres: Comedy,