CIA World FactBook

Indigenous groups inhabited central and southern Chile for several thousand years, living in mixed pastoralist...

After more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining...

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simón BOLÍVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825. Much...

In 1816, the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata declared their independence from...

Thirteen of Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized...

First settled by the French in the early 17th century, Saint Pierre and Miquelon are...

Mexico was the site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations -- including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan,...

Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 80% ice capped. The Inuit came to Greenland...

This isolated atoll was named for John CLIPPERTON, an English pirate who was rumored to...

A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in...

Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since...