25. The Caribbean… A carnival of abundance
The Carribean…
“Races of all continents have miscegenated there, cultures and
customs most foreign to each other have syncretized, nature has
exploited into myriads of forms, and the constant feast of color
and sounds has goaded the formal carnival to paroxysm…”
Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian novelist
29. General Outline
• Natural Disasters
• Mountains (Altitudinal Zonation)
• Human Development Index (HDI)
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30. HDI-Levels of Human Development
• Income • Life Expectancy
• Literacy • Education
31. HDI
Country HDI (2012)
Mexico 57
Guatemala 131
Belize 93
El Salvador 105
Honduras 121
Nicaragua 129
Costa Rica 69
Panama 58
Columbia 88
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index
32. Regional Consequences
• Migration
– Source countries?
– Destinations?
• Foreign Investment
– Where would you invest?
• Political stability
– Military power
An advertisement (Conde Nast Traveler) from 2007. When scale is not shown on a map – beware! On this map, Peru has clipped off Alaska so as not to show the Pacific Ocean at scale. The Japanese are wealthy enough to be world tourists (and they have historical connections with Peru). Their trip across the Pacific to Peru seems only as long as Europeans’ trip across the Atlantic.
Amazon, Anacondas and Macaws
A breadbasket, similar to American Midwest with Wheat and Livestock.
