America at 500

The Americas are the most diverse of all the continents, though this can lead to difficulties in shaping each individual's identity.

While the Americas have the largest economies, millions are impoverished, from children in Bogata to thousands moving to Mexico City.

Although democracy is on the rise, it is not perfectly established; Chile is struggling to become a democracy following the fall of a dictatorship.

First nations are in danger of being wiped out; a look at the systematic attempt to assimilate the first peoples of Guatemala.

There is a great deal of variety when it comes to religion in the Americas; a look at a million dollar church complex; in Venezuela and Guatemala the masses are unsure what their religious futures are.

The Americas are on the verge of total unity; Brazilians work with tourists to preserve the Amazon; residents in small towns in Montana use the Internet to connect to the world.