Like Africa, South America isn’t drawn to scale. Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country, is almost the size of Europe and the United States. It appears smaller than Alaska, but is actually 5 times ...
While it seems like the present-day map has remained unchanged for a long time, quite a few countries actually date back less than a few short decades. From the fall of the Soviet Union to ...
Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right ...