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The rest of Latin America, including México, northern Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras), and central South America (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay), are dominated by mestizos but also have large white and indigenous minorities. The French Caribbean is dominated by blacks, but is sometimes not considered part of Latin America.
Cross of Burgundy flag, military flag, also used as flag of the Spanish Empire and its overseas territories A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field 1506–1762 Merchant marine's flag 1580–1701 Naval Ensign 1701–1771 Flag used in naval bases and coast defenses 1701–1785 Naval ensign 1701–1760
The region known as Hispanic America (Spanish: Hispanoamérica or América Hispana) and historically as Spanish America (Spanish: América Española) or Castilian America (Spanish: América Castellana) is all the Spanish-speaking countries of the American continents. [1] [2] In all of these countries, Spanish is the main language - sometimes ...
In Hispanic America, criollo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a term used originally to describe people of full Spanish descent born in the viceroyalties.In different Latin American countries, the word has come to have different meanings, mostly referring to the local-born majority.
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.
In contrast to the predominantly black-majority of the non-Hispanic Caribbean, the Hispanic Caribbean similar to other areas of Hispanic Latin America, is dominated by mixed-race people. However, in the Spanish Caribbean, similar to the non-Hispanic Caribbean, there is a significant African cultural component.
The flag was designed by Ángel Camblor, a captain of the Uruguayan Army. He was the winner of a contest organized by Juana de Ibarbourou in 1932. The flag was first raised in Montevideo, at the Independence Square, on 12 October 1932. The flag was formerly known as "Flag of the Hispanic race" (Spanish: Bandera de la raza hispánica).