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GREENLAND
Arctic Circle
FINLAND
ICELAND
NO
R
WAY
RUSSIA
60°
60°
ESTONIA
LITHUANIA
SWEDEN
LATVIA
DENMARK
UNITED KINGDOM
IRELAND
NETH.
BELARUS
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
POLAND
GER.
ATLANTIC
BELG.
AUST.
KAZAKHSTAN
SWITZ.
HUNG.
MONGOLIA
ROM.
BULGARIA
FRANCE
SERB.
OCEAN
UZBEKISTAN
GEORGIA
ARMENIA
KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
N.
KOREA
S.
KOREA
SPAIN
40°
40°
ITALY
TURKEY
JAPAN
PORTUGAL
TURKMENISTAN
ALB.
GREECE
CHINA
AZERBAIJAN
TUNISIA
SYRIA
CYPRUS
IRAQ
AFGHANISTAN
LEBANON
IRAN
PACIFIC
JORDAN
MOROCCO
BHUTAN
ISRAEL
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
KUWAIT
ALGERIA
LIBYA
BAHRAIN
WESTERN
SAHARA
EGYPT
QATAR
BANGLADESH
TAIWAN
Tropic of Cancer
U.A.E.
MYANMAR
(BURMA)
SAUDI
ARABIA
20°
INDIA
LAOS
MAURITANIA
OMAN
MALI
NIGER
SUDAN
ERITREA
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
VIETNAM
OCEAN
YEMEN
SENEGAL
GAMBIA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
CHAD
PHILIPPINES
BURKINA
FASO
DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA
CAMEROON
SRI LANKA
IVORY
COAST
CENTRAL
AFRICAN REP.
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH
SUDAN
BRUNEI
SOMALIA
INDIAN
MALAYSIA
TOGO
GHANA
UGANDA
BENIN
KENYA
Equator
CONGO
0°
GABON
SINGAPORE
RWANDA
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
THE
CONGO
OCEAN
BURUNDI
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
I
NDONESI
A
SOLOMON ISLANDS
TANZANIA
COMOROS
ATLANTIC
EAST
TIMOR
ANGOLA
MALAWI
MOÇAMBIQUE
ZAMBIA
FIJI
VANUATU
MADAGASCAR
MAURITIUS
RÉUNION
ZIMBABWE
BOTSWANA
20°
20°
20°
20°
20°
NAMIBIA
NEW
CALEDONIA
Tropic of Capricorn
AUSTRALIA
OCEAN
SWAZILAND
SOUTH
AFRICA
LESOTHO
NEW
ZEALAND
40°
40°
40°
0°
20°
40°
60°
100°
120°
140°
160°
60°
60°
60°
60°
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
Antarctic Circle
on a privatized export sector that left the country vulner-
able when shifts in the global economy weakened the
competitiveness of Argentinian exports. But government
spending also was also unsustainably high, and corruption
was rampant (Fig. 10.9).
By 2005, internal economic growth and aid from
Venezuela put Argentina in a position to work out a com-
plex debt restructuring plan that has pulled the country
back from the brink. Argentina's agricultural economy
bounced back in 2010 with the rise of corn and soy prices.
