Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Founded in 1557 on an orthogonal town plan, the townscape of Cuenca is an expression of the fusion of different societies and cultures and a showcase of Renaissance urban design in Latin America. [35] Historic Centre of Lima: Lima Province, Peru
Tierra del Fuego (/ t i ˈ ɛər ə d ɛ l ˈ f w eɪ ɡ oʊ /, Spanish: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
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 .
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.
Culture of Latin America by country (22 C) People by Latin American country of descent (19 C) A. Argentina (16 C, 3 P) B. Bolivia (16 C, 3 P) Brazil (16 C, 6 P) C ...
Buenos Aires is one of the most prolific book publishers in Latin America and has more bookstores per capita than any other major city in the world. [ 201 ] [ 203 ] Buenos Aires has at least 734 bookstores—roughly 25 bookshops for every 100,000 inhabitants—far above other world cities like London, Paris, Madrid, Moscow and New York.
Brindis de Salas is the first Black woman in Latin America to publish a book. The 1947 title Pregón de Marimorena discussed the exploitation and discrimination against Black women in Uruguay. 24.
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 ...