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Have you long wanted to learn Spanish but can’t fit it into your busy life? Now might be an opportune time to consider a career break. Many people do not realize how possible it is to learn Spanish in Chile, for example, at one of the country’s Spanish schools. One of the great aspects of these programs is that there are no set time periods. Additionally, Spanish schools can last from a couple of weeks to up to six months. Therefore, there is some flexibility as to how to fit your career break into your schedule.
The bottom line is that there has probably never been a better time to go and acquire new skills for a resume. With record unemployment and a job market that, let’s face it, is pretty miserable, a few months in South America learning Spanish and working an internship can certainly make resumes stand out from the crowd. Besides working an internship or volunteering can also give you a new perspective and time to access goals from afar.
Spanish immersion schools take place world-class cities such as Buenos Aires and Santiago. There is also a great deal of fun to be had in these locations as well. Those in Spanish immersion schools are able to do things like go snowboarding in the Andes Mountains while in Santiago or learn the tango in Argentina. Spending a few months in South America visiting and learning in these three countries will definitely change your perspective and will likely even alter your perceptions about what it is you “need” to have in your life to be happy.
With a very low cost of living, the dollar goes far in South America. For example, a ride on the Buenos Aires subway system only costs about 30 cents. But that is only the tip of the cost savings iceberg, as you generally won’t need a car. An added plus is that Internet cafes are everywhere. All of these factors add up to make it so a person can learn Spanish in Argentina, Chile or Peru without having to spend a lot of money in the process.
The experience of a new culture brings benefits far beyond the classroom. While you attend Spanish immersion schools, it is possible to live with a local host family, which is a great way to experience the culture. Further, you will have wonderful experiences with your classmates as you learn Spanish in Argentina, Chile or Peru. Students from around globe attend these international programs. This gives students the experience to spend a great deal of time with people from other countries. Meeting people from all over the world can be very beneficial to those on a career break who are looking for new perspectives.
As Ann Glotzbach former Spanish immersion student from New York City stated, “I would highly recommend the school to anyone who is seeking an enriching, comprehensive and fun language learning experience. Each school offered engaging professors, well organized teaching materials…and diverse and dynamic classmates.” Anyone looking for a way to boost their resume and broaden their horizons would be well served by studying Spanish in South America in a Spanish immersion program. Who knows? You might even stay in South America and open up a business or become an English teacher. One thing is for sure, after taking a career break to learn Spanish in Argentina. Chile or Peru, you will have new options and new perspectives.
The Wonderful Creatures of The Galapagos Islands
A wonder of creation, the Galapagos Islands have captured the
imagination of poets and biologists alike. Separated from the
mainland in the waters of Ecuador, evolution created stunning
endemic creatures such as the giant tortoise and the sea iguana,
animals found only on the Galapagos. The most groundbreaking
work ever to be published concerning evolution, “The Origin of
Species”, was based on observations made on the Galapagos
Islands by Charles Darwin.
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca evokes a spiritual tranquility and is the most
beautiful lake I’ve ever seen. It touches the clouds at an
altitude of 12.532 ft. (3.820 m.) with amazing dark blue waters
never seen before. Titicaca, the biggest freshwater lake of
South America, lies on the borders of Bolivia and Peru and hosts
some wonderful islands such as “The Floating Islands” and “The
Island of the Sun”.
Machu Picchu – The Lost City of The Incas
Machu Picchu, the Lost city of the Incas, is a mystical, sacred
place. The ruins are one of the most enigmatic and beautiful
ancient ruins in the world. Rediscovered on July 24, 1911 by
Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham, Machu Picchu (meaning ‘Old
Peak’ in Quechua, the language spoken by the Incas) was thought
to be a sanctuary for the preparation of priestesses and brides
for the Inca nobility. The dramatic setting in a remote area of
the Peruvian Andes enhances the shroud of mystery even more. I
invite you to visit Machu Picchu – The Lost City of The Incas at
www.travel-amazing-southamerica.com/machu-picchu.html.
Patagonia
Patagonia is without doubt one of the most mesmerizing places of
the world. It encompasses the South of both Argentina and Chile.
The name Patagonia stands for ‘Land of the Big Feet’. Legends
say that discoverer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew saw a tribe
of nine foot tall giants with big feet. He named the tribe the
Patagons or big feet. It’s paradise for the adventurous traveler
with landscapes impossible to imagine. Highlights are whale
watching in Puerto Madryn, visiting Ushuaia (the southernmost
city of the world) and hiking in Torres del Paine national park.
Salar de Uyuni
The big secret of South America is without doubt the Salar de
Uyuni, the worlds largest salt flat, in Bolivia. It’s the
largest in the world, a staggering 4.025 square miles (10.500
square km.). The beautiful Fish Island (Isla Pescada) gives an
wonderful contrast with the salt lake. The “salar” continues in
the atacama desert, near the border of Chile, with geysers, the
red and green lake, hot baths and a never ceasing tranquility
Mark Van Overmeire is an experienced traveler, composer and
photographer.
Released his first full CD Impr
esiones in 2004 with compositions based on his 4 year
stay in South America.
Founder of Travel
Amazing South America, a travel website with many
wonderful photographs, stories and tips.
Logistics: South America Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the South America Logistics industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis with distinct chapters for Air Freight and Road Freight
Scope of the Report
* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation for Air Freight and Road Freight
* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
* Includes five-year forecasts for Air Freight and Road Freight
Highlights
* The South American road freight sector generated total revenues of $241 billion in 2008, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.4% for the period spanning 2004-2008.
* The South American air freight sector generated total revenues of $9.6 billion in 2008, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8% for the period spanning 2004-2008.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 AIR FREIGHT IN SOUTH AMERICA 7
1.1 Market Overview 7
1.2 Market Value 9
1.3 Market Volume 10
1.4 Market Segmentation 11
1.5 Five Forces Analysis 12
1.6 Market Forecasts 19
CHAPTER 2 ROAD FREIGHT IN SOUTH AMERICA 21
2.1 Market Overview 21
2.2 Market Value 23
2.3 Market Volume 24
2.4 Market Segmentation 25
2.5 Five Forces Analysis 26
2.6 Market Forecasts 32
CHAPTER 3 APPENDIX 34
3.1 Data Research Methodology 34
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South America Air Freight Sector Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 9
Table 2: South America Air Freight Sector Volume: Freight Tones Kilometers billion, 2004-2008 10
Table 3: South America Air Freight Sector Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2008 11
Table 4: South America Air Freight Sector Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 19
Table 5: South America Air Freight Sector Volume Forecast: Freight Tones Kilometers billion, 2008-2013 20
Table 6: South America Road Freight Sector Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 23
Table 7: South America Road Freight Sector Volume: Freight Tonne Kilometers billion, 2004-2008 24
Table 8: South America Road Freight Sector Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2008 25
Table 9: South America Road Freight Sector Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 32
Table 10: South America Road Freight Sector Volume Forecast: Freight Tonne Kilometers billion, 2008-2013 33
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Automotive: South America Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the South America Automotive industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis with distinct chapters for Light trucks, Medium & Heavy Trucks, Motorcycles, New Cars and Trucks
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* Includes five-year forecasts for Light trucks, Medium & Heavy Trucks, Motorcycles, New Cars and Trucks
Highlights
* The South American trucks market generated total revenues of $23.6 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
* The South American light trucks market generated total revenues of $15.1 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.6% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
* The South American medium and heavy trucks market generated total revenues of $8.5 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
* The South American motorcycles market generated total revenues of $16,356 million in 2008, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41.1% for the period spanning 2004-2008.
* The South American new cars market generated total revenues of $71.2 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.1% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
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Malbec is a variety of grapes used for making red wine. Malbec grapes tend to be a dark inky color and have vigorous tannins. Malbec is one of the six grapes permitted in the blending of red Bordeaux wine, and was named after the Hungarian peasant who first introduced it to France. The French plantations of Malbec are now being found in Cahors in the South West France region. It has also been grown in Chile, southern Bolivia, Australia, on Long Island, NY, and in the cooler regions of California.
The Malbec is a thin skinned grape and needs more sun and heat than either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot to mature. In midseason the grape will ripen, and it may be very deep in color, ample tannin, and a particular plum-like flavor component to add complexity to claret blends. The wines are usually rich, dark and juicy. The Malbec grape also needs a high differential between evening and day temperatures with minimum temperature of 27 degrees Fahrenheit in a day.
Introduced to Argentina by French agricultural engineer Michel Pouget in 1868, Malbec is widely planted in Argentina producing a softer, less-tannic driven variety than the wines of Cahors. The best examples of these wines come from the Argentine region of Mendoza. In Argentina, where Malbec seems to have found a natural home, the grape is used to produce very popular varietal wines. It is now thought that the variety known as Fer in that country is a clone. In the 1990s, Malbec’s potential and the increase of wine exports from South America saved the grape. In California the grape is used to make Meritage. Malbec is also grown in Washington State, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, British Columbia, southern Bolivia, and northeastern Italy.
Lindsay Alston is a contributing editor for Classic Wines, specializing in Malbec wines.
1st Reason To Own Land In South America – The US dollar is declining
2nd Reason – Quality of life is declining in the USA, UK, & AU.
3rd Reason – Low Taxes in Latin America
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There seems to be a lot going on here in the United States, and other 1st world countries. It seems as if every moment a new tax is being passed and new laws are being passed. As a result of a constant lowering of the standard of living, many retirees are leaving the country for low cost, low tax havens, such as Mexico, Central America, Argentina, and many others. For instance in Argentina, a dollar can still buy you a beer! A dollar will buy a bagful of fresh fruits or veggies. Beef steak costs around $2.00 and eating out at a nice restaurant for two will run about $15. This includes entrees, a bottle of wine, and dessert. That mind you, is an expensive restaurant! Argentine beef is renowned throughout the world for it’s amazing texture and flavor. Often times one can buy a beef ‘milanesa’ at a restaurant for around $3.00 not bad. A ‘milanesa’ for those of you who don’t know, is a steak with melted cheese covering the top.
For retirees weighted down by the constraints of modern society, I urge you to consider a life of simplicity sooner, rather than later. Owning a farm or ‘finca’ is an option that many expatriates choose to do. One can buy several dozen acres already in production, with a nice little home often for as little as $100,000 USD.
The idea of quality wines coming out of South America would have been laughable a mere 40 years ago. That is no longer the case. The continent has two countries that produce both top quality varietal wines and excellent wines unique to their history.
Argentina and Chile are the two wine producing regions in South America that are worth a visit. In truth, they would be worth a visit even if there wasn’t any wine! Buenos Aires is one of the great cities in the world. Chile is much more laid back, but has countryside and mountainous regions that are simply stunning. Still, the wine production is excellent and reason enough to visit either country.
Argentina has been in the wine production business for a nearly 200 years. The primary wine, however, was a Criolla white grape wine that was very heavy. 100 years ago, the French introduced the Malbec grape found in the Bordeaux region of France. The grape is actually not a great match for Bordeaux as the humidity leads to mold problems. The arid, fertile slopes of Argentina at the base of the Andes present a perfect climate for the grape vines and the quality of wine produced is world class. At the risk of being shouted down, I would suggest it is better than what is produced in France.
If you enjoy wines from California, you’ll enjoy wines from Chile. The country is known for producing quality, low price reds. Wine production in California has become costly to the point where $10 to $15 bottles are hard to find. Chile is filling this gap using vines from France. The wine region is located about an hour to the south of the city of Santiago. Chilean wine is excellent for the price, but finding a very high quality, expensive bottle is difficult.
South America is a great travel destination for a wide variety of reasons. Argentina and Chili certainly have plenty to offer the world traveler, not the least of which are the quality wines they produce.
The Chronos Group has been committed to the oil, gas and mining sectors in South America for the last five years. We have established groups such as Argentine Oil, Brazil Oil, Venezuela Oil and Power, Chile Mining and Power, Invest in Colombia and Peru Mining and Power groups to deal with the opportunities in this region in addition to legal entities and offices in most South American countries.More details can be found on ww.chronosconsulting.com or www.chronosconsulting.com.ar for example.
Mining
Lets take a quick tour of some of the possibilities and opportunities in alphabetical order of specific resource in South America. In antimony, used in flame retardants and semi-conductors we are especially interested in Bolivia. For bauxite in aluminium production we have greatest interest in Brazil and Venezuela – both countries with a significant and established Chronos Group presence. Cobalt is used in many metal alloys and Brazil is our focus of interest here. Our presence in Chile and Peru is linked to the great copper production. We are interested in gold production in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Peru and iron ore in Brazil and Venezuela – where Chronos has had an active presence for the last four years. For manganese in ferroalloys we are mainly functional in Brazil. Our nickel consulting in fuel cells focus is on Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
Our platinum work is concentrated in Colombia and silver in Peru and Chile .Brazil, Peru and Bolivia are our main tin interests and titanium consulting is in Brazil, tungsten in Bolivia, uranium in Brazil and Argentina and finally zinc in Peru. In fact we are recognized world wide experts on uranium projects especially in remote locations.
Oil and Gas
However, the largest effort has gone into our oil and gas work in South America with active operations and experience in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Peru. We have gathered experience working with industry leaders such as Repsol-YPF, Oxy, Halliburton and Pan American Energy. Chronos has helped build and maintain many facilities including remote sites in Patagonia. We set up the internationally acclaimed Think Oil group to act as a forum in this area and to advise both industry and government organizations. We have also been active in a series of power generation projects throughout the region. We have assisted clients worldwide in their consulting, recruitment, software and staffing needs throughout South America and have extended our number of contractors to over 6000 worldwide. We also have niche consulting in rare earths and other resource projects.
Dr Simon Harding
www.chronosconsulting.com
Set against the backdrop of the Andes Mountains, the coastal region of Chili is a great place to start any journey through the wine making country of Chili and Argentina. The Casablanca Valley receives cool coastal breezes that make this area ideal for white wine production. Many start their trip in Santiago, one of the most bustling and modern cities in South America. From there it is not far to some of the best local wineries. Heading west towards the ocean and into the Valley, many choose to stop at Viñedos Organicos. This winery is dedicated to organic and biodynamic winemaking. It offers some of the most interesting flavors in the region, using all natural production methods. Another popular winery in the area is the Morandé winery, famous for using ‘smell boxes’ in their tours, with the goal of helping visitors to recognize the importance of aromas when it comes to high quality winemaking. Also situated along the coast, and a popular destination for tourists, is the city of Valparaiso. Although it is not famous for its wine, it is one of the first established cities in South America, and rich in culture and history.
Central Chile has much to offer in the way of fantastic wine. Maipo Valley, located southwest of Santiago, is recognized as producing the traditional flavors of Chilean wine. In addition to some of the oldest wineries in the country, this region also boasts a decent number of new boutique wineries that are bringing new flavors to the mix. South of Maipo Valley is Cachapoal Valley, which boasts a number of great wineries and some of the most fantastic views of the central valley region. Perhaps the most famous wine making region in Chili is the Colchagua Valley. It is in this area that the majority of the country’s red wines are produced. Here we find Vina Bisquertt, not only one of the oldest wineries in the country, but also one of the first in the way of boutique wine making. These are only a few of the hundreds of amazing wineries in the region.
Heading over the Andes Mountains it is only little over an hour by plane to Mendoza, Argentina. In the closest region to Mendoza city, Lujan de Cuyo, visitors can find the best wineries of Argentina in one of its most traditional and developed wine making regions. An hour south of the city brings you to Valle de Uco. Because of its higher altitude and greater variance in temperature, this region offers adds a more complex flavor to its wine. In the Maipu region visitors are invited to tour wineries on bicycle; a fun alternative to the standard tour and tasting. Deep in the heart of South America, these two countries have much to offer in the way of culture, fine wine and dining, and an enjoyable vacation.
Facts on South America – The two South American countries ?Chili and Argentina? have much to offer in the way of culture, fine wine and dining, and an enjoyable vacation. ProtoTravels has a range of vacation packages to suit the taste and individual requirements of its varied customers.
The University of Sao Paulo is the best university in South America according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The ARWU is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
There are nine South American universities in the Word’s Top-500 universities (2008). Six are located in Brazil, two in Chile and one in Argentina. The Top-5 universities located in South America are: University of Sao Paulo (ranked 101-151 in the world), University of Beunos Aires (ranked 152-200), University Estadual Campinas (ranked 201-302) University Fed Rio de Janeiro and the University Federal Minas Gerais (jointly ranked 303-401).
The University of Sao Paulo has been the best university in South America in every year since 2003 according to the ARWU. Brazilian universities dominate the top-universities in South America: four of the Top-5 universities in South America are located in in Brazil.
The University of São Paulo (USP) is the largest higher education and research institution in Brazil. It is a public and free university, with open access for students selected by the vestibular (the Brazilian entrance exam for universities). USP was established in 1934 (it started with some already existing schools, the earliest of which was established in 1827). USP has seven campuses (four of which are located in the City of Sao Paulo), five hospitals and five museums. The total number of students is 86,187 (53.5% male): 54,361 undergraduates and 31,826 postgraduates (graduate students). USP has a faculty of 5,434 and employs 15,221 persons. For more details about the USP.
AllAboutUni.com was founded by John Paget and launched in November 2007. He has been visiting university campuses around the world since the 1980s and wanted to share this information with others. John Paget was brought up in Switzerland where he attended the International School of Geneva and was exposed to the growing demand for international higher education studies. John Paget studied Economics at the London School of Economics and then completed graduate studies in the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
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