006 SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA
COUNTRY	CAPITAL	STRENGTHS/OPPORTUNITIES	THREATS/WEAKNESSES
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Export Oriented Agricultural Sector; Highly Literate Manpower; Well Spread Industrial Base;	Budget Deficits; Exchange Rate Instability; External Debt; Inflation;
Bolivia	Sucre (judicial), La Paz (administrative)	Natural Gas;	External Debt; Fiscal Deficits; Landlocked;
Brazil	Brasilia	Strong Agricultural Development; Amazon Forests; Amazon River System; Trillion Dollar Economy;	Huge Domestic Debt; External Debt;
Chile	Santiago	Fishing, Forestry and Mining Income; Low Inflation; Strong Foreign Trade Orientation;	Excess Dependence on Copper;
Colombia	Bogota	Controlled Government Spending; Internal Armed Conflicts;	Domestic Debt; Excess Dependence on Coffee Exports;
Ecuador	Quito	Exchange Rate Instability; Oil Reserves;	Excess Dependence on Petroleum; Weak Banks;
French Guiana	Cayenne	Dense Equatorial Forests; Fishing;	Overdependence on France; Food Imports; Unemployment;
Guyana	Georgetown	Bauxite Reserves;	Exporter of Raw Material; Grappling with External Debt; Fuel Imports;
Paraguay	Asuncion	Market Economy;	Corruption; External Debt Burden; Internal Debt; Landlocked; Low Per Capita Income; Subsistence Agriculture; Weak Infrastructure;
Peru	Lima	Fishing Grounds; Mining; Textiles;	Excess Dependence on Export of Ores; Poverty; Unemployment; Weak Infrastructure;
Surinam	Paramaribo	Bauxite; Gold; Oil Exploration;	Excess Dependence on Mineral Exports; Mineral Price Instability susceptible;
Uruguay	Montevideo	Literate Manpower; Stress on Social Welfare;	Dependence on Commodity Exports; Internal Debt; External Debt;
VENEZUELA	Caracas	Petroleum Rich; Taxation savvy;	Excess Dependence on Oil Exports; Inflation; Unemployment;