Native Haitians were pre-Columbian Amerindians called Taíno, “the good people.” The Taíno named their land “Ayiti,” meaning “Land of Mountains”—a term that evolved into “Haiti.” Eighty percent of Haitians live under the poverty line and 54% live in abject poverty. The average per capita income in Haiti is $480 a year, compared to $33,550 in […]
Guyana is officially called ‘Co-operative Republic of Guyana’. Guyana ranks third among the smallest countries on the South American mainland. A former British colony, this is the only state of the “Commonwealth of Nations” located on the South American mainland. It is also the only English-speaking country in South America, along with being one of […]
Guinea Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west. Guinea-Bissau, has a swampy coast, with forests changing to grasslands in the east. The country has mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine […]
The area that is now known as Guinea was first settled by the Susu tribe who were migrating from the north. The very first empire to have ruled Guinea is believed to be the Ghana Empire and was later replaced by the Almoravides Empire. It was during this time that the region of Guinea was […]
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast. Guatemala is the most populous state in Central America. There are about 1.2 million people […]
Grenada is an island country consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The islands are of volcanic origin with extremely rich […]
With an area of 50,949 square miles (131,958 square kilometers), Greece is roughly the size of Alabama. The population of Greece is more than 10 million people.—comparatively, the population of Alabama is around 4.5 million. Approximately 16.5 million tourists visit Greece each year, more than the country’s entire population. Tourism constitutes nearly 16% of the […]