South America

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Thousands of people were trafficked from Africa to Dutch colonies in the Caribbean and South America - amounting to about 5% of the entire transatlantic slave trade - before the practice was banned in 1863.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

They have experimented with juice from jagua, a fruit found in Central and South America, and petals from the butterfly pea flower in Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Additional crude supplies in the form of exports coming mostly from the U.S., and also from countries in South America and Africa, softened the blow.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

When it reaches South America, ocean temperatures and sea levels near the coast increase.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

South America hosted an even more exotic menagerie of large mammals, reptiles and birds.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari