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Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige visit Teatro Colon in Argentina. Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. www.fentonreport.com Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. It is the second largest country in South America by land area, and eighth in the world. Its continental area is 2766890 km² (1068302 sq mi), between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentina also claimed 969464 km² (374312 sq mi) of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile (Chilean Antarctic Territory) and the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory); all such claims have been suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1951. Argentina is the world’s eighth-largest nation by area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous. Argentina has the second highest Human Development Index level and the third highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America. Argentina’s nominal GDP is the 31st largest in the world; but when …
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Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige visit the overseas British Territory of Gibraltar. Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. www.fentonreport.com Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north. Gibraltar has historically been an important base for the British Armed Forces and is the site of a Royal Navy base. The name of the territory is derived from the Arabic name Jabal Tariq, meaning “mountain of Tariq”. It refers to the geological formation, the Rock of Gibraltar, which in turn was named for the Berber Umayyad general Tariq ibn-Ziyad who led the initial incursion into Iberia in advance of the main Moorish force in 711 under the command of Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I. Earlier, it was known as Mons Calpe, one of the Pillars of Hercules. Today, Gibraltar is known colloquially as Gib or The Rock. A one-year investigation and analysis of 235 countries and territories by Janes Country Risk listed Gibraltar as the top stable and prosperous British Territory, in 5th position overall. The sovereignty of Gibraltar has been a major bone of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations. Gibraltar was ceded by Spain to the Crown of Great Britain in perpetuity, under the 1713 …
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Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige cross the Andes to Argentina. Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. www.fentonreport.com Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. It is the second largest country in South America by land area, and eighth in the world. Its continental area is 2766890 km² (1068302 sq mi), between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentina also claimed 969464 km² (374312 sq mi) of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile (Chilean Antarctic Territory) and the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory); all such claims have been suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1951. Argentina is the world’s eighth-largest nation by area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous. Argentina has the second highest Human Development Index level and the third highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America. Argentina’s nominal GDP is the 31st largest in the world; but when …
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Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige visit Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. www.fentonreport.com Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia and its largest city. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to over 4260000 people. The city is divided into 15 municipal districts, managed by Riyadh Municipality headed by the mayor of Riyadh, and the Riyadh Development Authority, chaired by the Governor of Riyadh Province, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz. The current mayor of Riyadh is Abdul Aziz ibn Ayyaf Al Migrin, appointed in 1998. http www.mutualfundcenter.com http www.fentonreport.com www.fentonreport.com

Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige visit Luxembourg. Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. www.fentonreport.com Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of under half a million people in an area of approximately 2586 square kilometres (999 sq mi). Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the world’s only remaining sovereign Grand Duchy. The country has a highly developed economy, with the second highest Gross Domestic Product per capita in the world (US Central Intelligence Agency 2007 est.). Its historic and strategic importance dates back to its founding as a Roman era fortress site and Frankish count’s castle site in the Early Middle Ages. It was an important bastion along the Spanish road when Spain was the principal European power influencing the whole western hemisphere and beyond in the 16th17th centuries. Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, Benelux, and the Western European Union, reflecting the political consensus in favour of economic, political, and military integration. The city of Luxembourg, the capital and largest city, is the seat of …