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1. CANADA
America’s #1 trade partner Member of NATO Member of the Group of Eight (G8) Member of NAFTA (North America Free Trade
Agreement)
2. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
World’s largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Member of NATO Member of the UN Security Council Member of the G8 Member of NAFTA President of World Bank is from US World’s only remaining superpower post Cold
War One of eight confirmed nuclear powers--
second largest nuclear arsenal
4. HONDURAS
Currently in constitutional crisis Considered a biodiversity hotspot Tagged as a “Heavily Indebted Poor Country”
by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
5.NICARAGUA
Occupied by US Marines from 1912-1933 US under Regan financed the funding and
training of the Contras- a counterrevolutionary force that engaged in civil war against the Sandinistas, a Marxist rebel group
Second lowest GDP in the Western Hemisphere
Considered to be one of the countries most impacted by climate change
6.PANAMA
Largest economy in central America Home of the Panama Canal US invaded Panama in 1989 to depose leader
Manuel Noriega who was accused of corruption and drug smuggling
7. GUATEMALA
Considered a biodiversity hotspot Controlled by the United Fruit company until
the 1920’s The US CIA orchestrated a coup d'état in
1954 that deposed the freely elected leader of Guatemala
1. COLOMBIA
A major center of drug trafficking The government is continuing to fight against
paramilitary insurgency groups with military suppression of these groups
2. BRAZIL
Largest country in South America Emerging economic power Current Non-permanent member of the
Security Council
3. PERU
Frequent border conflicts with neighbors Government accused of various human rights
violations after 2000 elections Maoist revolutionaries from the Shining Path
group conducted an insurgency in the 1980’s, terrorist activities slowly increasing again
4. CHILE
One of the most stable, developed nations in South America
Member of the G20 Recognized in December 2009 by the
Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OEDC) as a fully developed nation
5. ARGENTINA
Growing economy Member of the G20 Relatively stable government after economic
and political unrest in the mid twentieth century
1. ENGLAND (GREAT BRITAIN)
Member of NATO Member of the UN Security Council One of the eight confirmed nuclear powers Member of the G8,G20 Member of the European Union, but does not
use the Euro (common currency of the EU)
2. FRANCE
Member of NATO Member of the UN Security Council Member of the G8,G20 One of the eight confirmed nuclear powers-
world’s 3rd largest nuclear arsenal Member of the EU Often takes antagonistic political and
economic stands vis-a-vis other NATO countries
3. SPAIN
Member of NATO Member of EU 9th largest economy Became democratic in the 1970’s Bouts of terrorist activity from Basque
Seperatists, Islamist Al-Quaida sympathizers
5 .GERMANY
Member of NATO Member of G8,G20 Member of EU Split into two halves post WWI, reunified after
fall of communism in 1989
6. FINLAND
Member of the EU Was a neutral country in the Cold War One of the “oldest” countries
demographically- average age of citizens is 41.6 years old
11. THE NETHERLANDS
Member of NATO Member of the EU The city The Hague is home to the
International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the Permanent Court of Arbitration among others- nicknamed “The World’s legal Capital”