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According to the Montevideo Convention, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. [4] The following states are all members of the United Nations [5] and current or former members of the Union of South American Nations. [6]
The non-official United Nations geoscheme for the Americas defines Central America as all states of mainland North America south of the United States, hence grouping Mexico as part of Central America for statistics purposes, but historically and politically Mexico is considered North American. [6]
The Games are open for member federations of the Central American Sports Organization (Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) ORDECA in Central American countries. [1] (in Spanish) The Games have had an equivalent to the Olympic Flame, being ignited in Q'umarkaj, one of the ancient cultural Mayan centers located in El Quiché ...
The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Games featured 36 sports, with most occurred in Veracruz, but some occurred in Boca del Río , Xalapa , Córdoba , Tuxpan , and Coatzacoalcos
A multi-sport event, the South American Games, are held every four years. The first edition was held in La Paz in 1978 and the most recent took place in Santiago in 2014. South America shares, with Europe, supremacy over football: all winners in the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Club World Cup have come from these two continents. Brazil has won the ...
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
Silver coin: 5 Balboas, Panama - 11th Central American and Caribbean Games, 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games 2010, Triathlon, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics.
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