The South is My Country movement includes three stars which represent Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. On 1 October 2016, Plebisul - an unofficial referendum - was held. Voters were asked if they wanted to secede from Brazil, forming a new country with the three states. A total of 616,917 votes (which represents less than 3% the number of registered voters in these states) were counted according to the organizers of the ballot, 95% voting "yes". They were hoping to reach up to a million votes throughout the three Brazilian states. Some academics claim that the movement bases its separatist claims in
American Country Countdown stations as well. Tom Rounds' syndication company, Radio Express, distributes the program to radio stations outside the United States. American Country Countdown American Country Countdown, also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley, is a weekly internationally syndicated radio program which counts down the top 40 country songs of the previous week, from No. 40 to No. 1, according to the "Billboard" Country Airplay charts. The program premiered in 1973 and as of January 2006 is hosted by Kix Brooks. "American Country Countdown" was conceived as a spinoff program from "American Top 40", which had premiered in