The South is My Country The South is My Country The South is My Country (Portuguese: "O Sul é o Meu País") is a separatist movement that claims the independence of Brazil's South Region, formed by the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. The group claims the region is under-represented by Brasilia. During the Empire of Brazil, several separatist movements existed in the region. Among the main reasons for secession, the groups complained about high taxation of dry meat, the main export product of the region during the time. Armed conflict broke out in the Ragamuffin War, when Rio Grande do
Tapajós-Xingu moist forests These include osprey ("Pandion haliaetus"), harpy eagle ("Harpia harpyja"), channel-billed toucan ("Ramphastos vitellinus"), little chachalaca ("Ortalis motmot"), nine tinamou species (Crypturellus and Tinamus genera), seven macaw species (Ara genus) including hyacinth macaw ("Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus"), many parakeets (Aratinga, Pyrrhura and Brotogeris genera), parrots (Amazona and Pionus genera) and hoatzin ("Opisthocomus hoazin"). Endangered birds include the green-thighed parrot ("Pionites leucogaster") and red-necked aracari ("Pteroglossus bitorquatus"). The World Wildlife Fund classes the ecoregion as "Vulnerable". The Tapajós-Xingu, Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia and Tocantins-Pindara moist forest ecoregions on the eastern edge of the Amazon basin have all been badly affected by human settlement and deforestation. Roads have