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Cartography of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire began mapping the realms they explored and settled. They also speculated on the lands that were marked terra incognita. Indigenous groups ...
The term "Latin America" is defined to mean parts of Americas south of the mainland of the United States of America where a Romance language (a language derived from Latin) predominates. Latin America are the countries and territories in the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese, with French being sometimes included.
The Latin American and Caribbean countries with the most representative democracy were Costa Rica, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Jamaica and least democratic were Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela according to 2024 V-Dem Democracy Report. [3] Map of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2023
Image:BlankMap-Caribbean.png – The Caribbean, including part of South America, part of Central America, and part of Florida. Shows most significant islands, including all the small independent countries (such as Saint Lucia or Dominica ). 419 x 445 pixels, 3 064 bytes.
Central America – Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (legally part of Colombia, but off the coast of Central America.) Consists mainly of former territories of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Map of Countries in Latin America with Socialist regimes during the Cold War c. 1985 (from History of Latin America) Image 24 The name Augusto Sandino , Nicaraguan nationalist hero for his struggle against the United States, was taken by leftist guerrillas as the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).
At the same time, the United States and Mexican governments competed for political influence in Central America. As a result, the U.S. Government intervened more directly in Nicaraguan affairs in two separate but related incidents in 1911 and 1912, with the objective of ensuring the rule of a government friendly to U.S. political and commercial ...
2006-02-25T21:55:59Z NoIdeaNick 390x450 (22987 Bytes) Changed map to reflect the fact that Jamaica is not part of Latin America. 2006-01-19T14:36:54Z NoIdeaNick 390x450 (23048 Bytes) Just a little change to the color of Belize. 2005-12-21T23:29:05Z Yug 390x450 (20689 Bytes) Zoom