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The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas , south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most authorities, or south and east of the Panama Canal by some.
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 is defined according to cultural identity, not geography, and as such it includes countries in both North and South America. Most countries south of the United States tend to be included: Mexico and the countries of Central America , South America and the Caribbean .
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. 2005-12-21T23:29:05Z Yug 390x450 (20689 Bytes) Zoom
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 ...
English Commmons goes by English-usage. We are not in Latin America. Uploading map showing all the subregions in Latin America from the Anglosphere standpoint. 13:09, 25 September 2011: 1,000 × 1,250 (245 KB) AlexCovarrubias: Reverted to earlier version. In LatAm, N.A. Region is not part of C. America or Caribbean. 08:26, 25 September 2011
The Southern Cone is the most prosperous region in Latin America. The region has relatively high standard of living and quality of life. Chile's, Argentina's, and Uruguay's HDIs — (0.860), (0.849) and (0.830) — are the highest in Latin America, similar to European countries like Croatia, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary or Romania. [63]