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Costa Rica dissolved its military in 1948 and redirected the budget to education and health.
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Costa Rica · The Americas
External reference (site language): History of Costa Rica ↗
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For years Costa Rica has generated close to 99 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, mostly hydro and geothermal.
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Costa Rica · The Americas
External reference (site language): Conservation in Costa Rica ↗
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Every ship transit releases millions of litres of fresh lake water to the sea, which is why droughts slow the canal.
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Panama · The Americas
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Because of the isthmus's S-shape, you can watch the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic in Panama.
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Panama City, Panama · The Americas
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Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on both the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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Colombia · The Americas
External reference (site language): Geography of Colombia ↗
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Colombian mines have long supplied the majority of the world's fine emeralds, prized for their deep green.
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Boyaca, Colombia · The Americas
External reference (site language): Economy of Colombia ↗
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Ciclovia shuts over 100 kilometres of road to cars every Sunday, and hundreds of thousands of people cycle and skate.
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Bogota, Colombia · The Americas
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An aquatic plant turns Cano Cristales red for a few months a year, mixing with green moss and yellow sand.
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Cano Cristales, Colombia · The Americas
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Angel Falls drops 979 metres, so far that much of the water becomes mist before reaching the bottom.
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Angel Falls, Venezuela · The Americas
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Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, storms produce lightning on around 300 nights a year.
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Catatumbo, Venezuela · The Americas
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Kaieteur Falls plunges 226 metres in one drop, roughly five times the height of Niagara, with almost no crowds.
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Kaieteur, Guyana · The Americas
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Suriname is the only South American country with Dutch as its official language, a legacy of colonial rule.
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Suriname · The Americas
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Ecuador is the only country named for a line of latitude, and the true equator sits slightly off the famous monument.
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Ecuador · The Americas
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Because the Earth bulges at the equator, Chimborazo's summit is the furthest point from the planet's centre.
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Chimborazo, Ecuador · The Americas
External reference (site language): Tourism in Ecuador ↗
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Darwin's finches, each with a beak suited to different food, helped shape the theory of natural selection.
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Galapagos, Ecuador · The Americas
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Quito sits almost exactly on the equator at 2,850 metres, giving it spring-like weather all year.
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Quito, Ecuador · The Americas
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Peru cultivates over 3,000 potato varieties, and the potato was domesticated in the Andes around 8,000 years ago.
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Peru · The Americas
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The Spanish never located Machu Picchu, which is why its stonework and terraces survived largely intact.
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Machu Picchu, Peru · The Americas
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Inca masonry fits without mortar and is designed to shift and resettle during earthquakes rather than crack.
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Cusco, Peru · The Americas
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Some Nazca figures stretch 370 metres and were only fully appreciated once aircraft flew over the desert.
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Nazca, Peru · The Americas
External reference (site language): Nazca lines ↗
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The striped mineral colours of Vinicunca were revealed only recently as the glacier covering it retreated.
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Vinicunca, Peru · The Americas
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Sucre is the constitutional capital while La Paz holds the government, making La Paz the highest seat of government on Earth.
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Bolivia · The Americas
External reference (site language): Religion in Bolivia ↗
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When a thin layer of water covers the salt flat, it reflects the sky so precisely the horizon disappears.
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Uyuni, Bolivia · The Americas
External reference (site language): Salar de Uyuni ↗
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Beneath the Uyuni salt flat lies one of the largest lithium deposits on the planet.
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Uyuni, Bolivia · The Americas
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