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Map of Latin America and the Caribbean. The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC [1]) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile.
Latin America refers to a cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, ... World map indicating literacy rate by country in 2015 ...
Map of Countries in Latin America with Socialist regimes during the Cold War c. 1985 (from History of Latin America) Image 18 A 17th-century map of the Americas (from History of Latin America ) Image 19 1903 political cartoon: President Roosevelt intimidating Colombia to acquire the Panama Canal Zone .
Linguistic map of Latin America. Spanish in green, Portuguese in orange, and French in blue. Spanish and Portuguese are the predominant languages of Latin America. Spanish is the official language of most of the countries on the Latin American mainland, as well as in Puerto Rico (where it is co-official with English), Cuba and the Dominican ...
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 ...
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.
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.
[a] Hispanic America also contrasts with Latin America, which includes not only Hispanic America, but also Brazil (the former Portuguese America) and the former French colonies in the Western Hemisphere (areas that are now in either the United States or Canada are usually excluded). [5] Image of Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Caribbean ...