Portal:Latin America

Latin America is a collective region of the Americas where Romance languages—languages derived from Latin—are predominantly spoken. The term was coined in France in the mid-19th century to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese, and French empires. The term does not have a precise definition, but it is "commonly used to describe South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean". In a narrow sense, it refers to Spanish America and Brazil (Portuguese America). The term "Latin America" is broader than Hispanic America, which specifically refers to Spanish-speaking countries, and categories such as Ibero-America, a term that refers to both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries from the Americas, and sometimes from Europe. The term Latin America was first used in Paris at a conference in 1856 called "Initiative of America: Idea for a Federal Congress of the Republics" (Iniciativa de la América. Idea de un Congreso Federal de las Repúblicas), by the Chilean politician Francisco Bilbao. The term was further popularized by French emperor Napoleon III's government of political strongman that in the 1860s as Amérique latine to justify France's military involvement in the Second Mexican Empire and to include French-speaking territories in the Americas, such as French Canada, Haiti, French Louisiana, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe and the French Antillean Creole Caribbean islands Saint Lucia, and Dominica, in the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed. The region covers an area that stretches from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and includes much of the Caribbean. It has an area of approximately 19,197,000 km2 (7,412,000 sq mi), almost 13% of the Earth's land surface area. In 2019, Latin America had a combined nominal GDP of US$5,188,250 trillion and a GDP PPP of US$10,284,588 trillion. (Full article...) See also: Latino and Ibero-America Recognized content - Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Peru ratified the convention on February 24, 1982, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. , Peru has 13 sites on the World Heritage List. The first sites within Peru were inscribed on the list at the 7th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Florence, Italy in 1983: "City of Cusco" and the "Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu". Nine sites are listed as cultural sites, two as natural, and two as mixed, meeting both cultural and natural selection criteria, as determined by the organization's selection criteria. The site Chan Chan Archaeological Zone was inscribed to the list in 1986 and immediately placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger as the adobe constructions are easily damaged by heavy rain and erosion. The Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System site is a transnational site, also shared with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. In addition, there are eight sites on the tentative list. (Full article...) List of recognized articles South American dreadnought race The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (film) Cerro Azul (Chile volcano) ARA Moreno Rongorongo Andean condor Galápagos tortoise Chagas disease Spanish conquest of Petén 1910 Cuba hurricane Spanish conquest of Guatemala Pedro II of Brazil List of international goals scored by Javier Hernández Sésamo Latin American Boom Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 Venezuelan refugee crisis Argentine–Chilean naval arms race Violeta Chamorro Néstor Kirchner Carmen Casco de Lara Castro Pedro I of Brazil Uruguayan War Empire of Brazil 1930 FIFA World Cup Maya civilization Maya stelae Olmec colossal heads Nahuatl Cantons of Costa Rica Armero tragedy Nevado del Ruiz The General in His Labyrinth Fauna of Puerto Rico Luis Aparicio Award El Hatillo Municipality Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America Norte Chico civilization Peru national football team Mario Vargas Llosa Mayor of Pichilemu May Revolution Juan Manuel de Rosas Pisco sour Calabozos Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre Cerro Azul (Chile volcano) Payún Matrú 2013 Rosario gas explosion Evo Morales Pedro II of Brazil Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil Mário de Andrade Thalassodromeus Lundomys 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix List of Golden Martín Fierro Award winners Guianan cock-of-the-rock Suriname at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Copa Libertadores Spanish American wars of independence Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos Guyana at the 2008 Summer Olympics Demerara rebellion of 1823 Dictator novel Augusto Roa Bastos Venezuelan crisis of 1895 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Capybara Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay) Lake Tauca Topics More did you know - ... Juan Vucetich, an Argentine chief police officier, created the first method of recording the fingerprints of individuals on file? WikiProjects WikiProject South America WikiProject Latin America (semi-active) Selected article - Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government and administrative capital is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales (eastern tropical lowlands), a mostly flat region in the east of the country. The sovereign state of Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state divided into nine departments. Its geography varies as the elevation fluctuates, from the western snow-capped peaks of the Andes to the eastern lowlands, situated within the Amazon basin. One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range. With an area of 1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi), Bolivia is the fifth-largest country in South America after Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia, and, alongside Paraguay, is one of two landlocked countries in the Americas. It is the 27th largest country in the world, the largest landlocked country in the Southern Hemisphere, and the seventh largest landlocked country on earth, after Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chad, Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia. (Full article...) List of selected articles Flag of Mexico Peru Argentina Brazil Chile Dominican Republic Nicaragua Colombia Mexico Costa Rica Latin Americans Honduras Cuba Guatemala Race and ethnicity in Latin America 2010 Ecuador crisis Venezuelan protests (2014–present) Mesoamerica History of Guatemala 2010 Copiapó mining accident Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis Mary Wilhelmine Williams Foreign policy of the Ollanta Humala administration Guayabera Responses to the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis Augusto Pinochet Panama Canal Zone Panama Panama Canal International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis Latin America–United Kingdom relations Deportation of Germans from Latin America during World War II Canada–Latin America relations Tegucigalpa Women in Latin music Capture of the sloop Anne White Latin Americans Day of the Dead Suriname Paraguay 2014 Venezuelan protests Military dictatorship in El Salvador Canada–Latin America relations Hugo Chávez Nicolás Maduro 2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis 2016 Peruvian general election COVID-19 pandemic in South America 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis 2011–2013 Chilean student protests Pancho Villa Deforestation in Central America San Salvador Second French intervention in Mexico Mabel Moraña San José, Costa Rica Mexican cuisine Belize City Guatemalan Civil War Guatemala City Panama Papers Montevideo Bogotá Amazon River Amazon rainforest Emperor tamarin Santiago Brasília Santo Domingo Mexico City Managua Asunción Caracas Havana Quito LATAM Chile Kingston, Jamaica Sucre La Paz Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Buenos Aires Córdoba, Argentina Economy of South America Coffee production in Brazil Andes Latino (demonym) Latin Americans Latin music Banana Wars LGBT cinema in Latin America Ethnic groups in Latin America HIV/AIDS in Latin America Lima Feminism in Latin America Mestizo Latin American economy Latin American art Did you know (auto-generated) ... that despite an attempted "extermination" of homosexuals in the 1960s and 1970s, the LGBT community in Argentina is now the most accepted in Latin America? ... that the Latin American travesti gender identity has been considered to be a third gender, akin to the hijras of India and the muxe of Mexico? ... that Franz Grave, the first bishop of Essen born in Essen, focused on intercultural dialogue with Latin America? ... that UK prime minister Rishi Sunak complained when a joint declaration was made at a summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that used the term Islas Malvinas? ... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi negotiated with drug lords to install internet equipment in his country? General images The following are images from various Latin America-related articles on Wikipedia. A 17th-century map of the Americas (from History of Latin America) Intermediate level international-style Latin dancing at the 2006 MIT ballroom dance competition. A judge stands in the foreground. (from Culture of Latin America) The military junta of Argentina saw widespread repression against those it deemed to be political dissidents (from History of Latin America) 1903 political cartoon: President Roosevelt intimidating Colombia to acquire the Panama Canal Zone. (from History of Latin America) Holy week, Ouro Preto-MG, 2010. Chrome. Photo: Guy Veloso. (from Culture of Latin America) Mexican Stock Exchange (from Culture of Latin America) Countries in Latin America by date of independence (from History of Latin America) In blue countries under right-wing governments and in red countries under left-wing and centre-left governments as of 2023 (from History of Latin America) Left-leaning leaders of Bolivia, Brazil and Chile at the Union of South American Nations summit in 2008 (from History of Latin America) The Guadalajara International Film Festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in Latin America. (from Culture of Latin America) Instituto Arnoldo Gabaldón, declared August 30, 1984, as a National Historic Landmark (from Culture of Latin America) The joropo, as depicted in a 1912 drawing by Eloy Palacios (from Culture of Latin America) Monument to Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City (from Culture of Latin America) Villa de Leyva, a historical and cultural landmark of Colombia (from Culture of Latin America) Fiambre, Guatemalan traditional dish, eaten on November 1, the Day of the Dead (from Culture of Latin America) The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida is the second largest in the world, after only of the Basilica of Saint Peter in Vatican City. (from Culture of Latin America) Selected panorama Torres del Paine and the Grey Glacier The Grey Glacier and Grey Lake left of the Cordillera del Paine in Torres del Paine National Park in the Chilean Patagonia. Selected picture Hands at the Cuevas de las Manos upon Río Pinturas, near the town of Perito Moreno in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Cueva de las Manos Credit: Mariano Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) is a cave or a series of caves located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km (101 mi) south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is famous for (and gets its name from) the paintings of hands. The art in the cave dates from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago.Several waves of people occupied the cave, and early artwork has been carbon-dated to ca. 9300 BP (about 7300 BC). The age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone-made pipes used for spraying the paint on the wall of the cave to create silhouettes of hands. The site was last inhabited around 700 AD, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. It was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991. 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