International historical, and economic contexts 

Here you will find interesting correlations between the different actors in the world economy.

For example, what connects the largest Islamic country in the world with the Netherlands or what Angola and Brazil have in common.

Topic: The Euro as its official currency in South America is already a reality

The French Overseas Department "French Guiana" borders on Brazil.

It is in terms of area slightly larger than Bavaria.

In French Guiana is the spaceport of the European Space Agency (ESA)

From there starts the rocket "Ariane" and brings satellite into orbit.

The currency in French Guiana is the euro.

That means, in South America, Brazil is located next to the European Economic Area or to the euro zone .... more

Topic: Belgium and Africa

Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa) have very close economic relations.

Especially in the field of raw materials (copper, gold, diamonds, rubber, etc..).

The Congo was initially privately owned by the Belgian king and then to 1960 colony of Belgium.

The Congo is about the land area about 76 times larger than Belgium and is nearly 1/5 of the area of the United States ... more

Topic: Economic Cooperation in the Southern Hemisphere

Brazil (South America) and Angola (Africa) in 2011 were among the fastest growing countries of their continents.

Through the joint Portuguese language Portuguese culture and the common economic cooperation much easier.

(Both countries were very important overseas territories of Portugal) ... more

Topic: Indonesia and the Netherlands

Indonesia is the largest Islamic country in the world and had  several centuries  to 1962, an overseas territory of the Netherlands.

Indonesia has 230 million inhabitants and is equivalent to 1/5 of the area of ​​the United States.

This makes it the fourth largest country in the world.

There is still a very good economic, family and social relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia.

One of the largest oil companies in the world, the Shell Group, headquartered in the Netherlands, had its first oil production assets in Indonesia ... more

Topic: Portuguese speaking Community countries

CPLP = Comunidade dos Countries & de Língua Portuguesa

The Member States of the Community Portuguese speaking countries have together more than 223 million people and covering an area of 10,742,000 km ², which is slightly larger than the United States or Canada is.

Worldwide, more people speak Portuguese than French ... more

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