Andes
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They are native to the high alpine areas of the Andes Mountains in South America.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
From the Andes to Central America, new leaders are taking power with populist mandates centered on free-market economic policies and iron-fisted security strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
In North and South America, including the Andes virus that has recently been in the news, infections can lead to hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
The Andes virus, that was spread on the cruise ship, is a strain of the hantavirus that’s spread from human to human.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
In 2003, though, archaeologists discovered ancient seeds from cultivated squashes in coastal Ecuador, at the foot of the Andes, which may be older than any agricultural remains in Mesoamerica—a third Neolithic Revolution.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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