Latin America is the group of American countries where Romance languages are spoken.
Latin America is a concept used to name the group of American countries where Romance languages are spoken (that is, derived from Vulgar Latin). It is a group of nations in America that have Castilian ( Spanish ), Portuguese or French as official languages.
The countries that are part of Latin America may vary according to cultural, historical or geographical determinations. Belize , the United States Virgin Islands , French Guiana, and Martinique , for example, may or may not appear in the Latin American membership group. There are also those who debate the inclusion of areas of Canada where French predominates.
In any case, there are around twenty countries that are always mentioned as part of Latin America, including Argentina , Brazil , Cuba , Guatemala , Mexico , Peru and Venezuela . As you can see, Latin America encompasses nations in South America , Central America and North America .
Latin America concept
The notion of Latin America is often a source of controversy since it does not include those who speak indigenous languages such as Aymara , Quechua or Guaraní .
In this way, Paraguayans who speak Guaraní or Peruvians who communicate in Quechua would not be Latin Americans according to the most common meaning that associates the idea with Spanish , Portuguese and French.
Peru is one of the countries that are part of Latin America.
Other information of interest
In addition to everything stated above, we can emphasize that there is another relevant series of interesting data that is worth knowing about Latin America:
- It is very rich in copper, silver and oil.
- It has a great environmental and animal variety, without forgetting that, in addition, practically all existing climates occur in its territory.
- In recent years, significant economic progress has been achieved in different aspects in Latin America. Specifically, there are numerous companies in the region that have begun to have a large presence in the foreign market. This would be the case, for example, of the breweries Skol or Coronita , the telecommunications company Televisa or Bodega Aurrera , among others.
- Its ten cities with the most population are Mexico City , São Paulo , Buenos Aires , Rio de Janeiro , Lima , Bogotá , Santiago , Guadalajara , Belo Horizonte and Monterrey .
- The majority of Latin American citizens are Christians and specifically Catholic Christians.
- There are numerous characters of great significance on a historical, economic or artistic level who are natives of this place. These include writers such as Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez , musicians such as Silvio Rodríguez, painters such as Frida Kahlo and actors and actresses such as Cantinflas .
- Health and poverty are considered the main problems that "choke" Latin America, without forgetting others such as crime and corruption .
- It should be noted that, through Mercosur (Southern Common Market), Celac (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) and other supranational entities, Latin American countries have joined together, giving greater political and economic strength to the region or part of it. .