Crime and safety levels in South America
IT’S funny how reality and perception can differ when discussing crime and safety levels in South America as compared to the remainder of the world.
Pertinent information for the visitor to South America.
IT’S funny how reality and perception can differ when discussing crime and safety levels in South America as compared to the remainder of the world.
Economic · Fast Facts · Invest · World Cup 2014
NOW the fifth-biggest global economy and housing the fifth-largest population in the world, Brazil is bristling with investment potential as it prepares to host the 2014 Football World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
Fast Facts · Finance · Taxation
LOW taxes, cheap prices, no restrictions on transfer of foreign currency, no restrictions on beachfront purchases, no visa requirements and easy passport acquirement. A rundown on Uruguayan financial benefits.
COUNTRY: Brazil CAPITAL: Brasilia LANGUAGE: Portuguese CURRENCY: Brazilian Real EXCHANGE RATE: 1.00 BRL = 0.5042 USD POPULATION: 193,946,886 GDP PER CAPITA: US$12,788
COUNTRY: Uruguay CAPITAL: Montevideo LANGUAGE: Spanish CURRENCY: Uruguayan Peso EXCHANGE RATE: 1.00 UYU = 0.0523 USD POPULATION: 3,318,535 GDP PER CAPITA: US$16,607
COUNTRY: Argentina CAPITAL: Buenos Aires LANGUAGE: Spanish CURRENCY: Peso EXCHANGE RATE: 1 Peso = 0.1980 USD POPULATION: 41,281,631 GDP PER CAPITA: US$18,205
COUNTRY: Ecuador CAPITAL: Quito LANGUAGE: Spanish CURRENCY: United States Dollar EXCHANGE RATE: 1.00 ECS = 0.00 USD POPULATION: 15,223,680 GDP PER CAPITA: US$9,520
COUNTRY: Peru CAPITAL: Lima LANGUAGE: Spanish CURRENCY: Peruvian Sol EXCHANGE RATE: 1 Sol = 0.39 USD POPULATION: 29,399,817 GDP PER CAPITA: US$10,588
COUNTRY: Bolivia CAPITAL: Sucre LANGUAGE: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani and 34 other native languages CURRENCY: Boliviano EXCHANGE RATE: 1.00 BOB = 0.1447 USD POPULATION: 10,389,913[…]
COUNTRY: Chile CAPITAL: Santiago LANGUAGE: Spanish CURRENCY: Peso EXCHANGE RATE: 1 CLP = 0.0021 USD POPULATION: 16,572,475 GDP PER CAPITA: $17,380
As it prepares to host the 2014 Football World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, South America is already a hotbed of investment potential.
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