Latin America is a name that has gained prominence in the 19th century thanks to the French, who were the first to propose the term. As its name implies, it is the part of the Americas that is mostly influenced by the countries of Latin heritage (Spain, Portugal and France); however, in culture, only some parts of the Francophone (particularly those in the Caribbean) would be considered Latin, while the others like Canada are more Anglo influenced.
As a whole, Latin America englobes most of the eponymous continent from Mexico to Argentina, with the exceptions of Belize, Guyana and Suriname, which are primarily Indo-Caribbean in culture. Historically, it was influenced by Catholicism, which in many of the countries has been designed the primary religion (but not state-endorsed), although Evangelicalism has recently gained considerable popularity.
The term itself has provoked some problems regarding the usage of the name Latin or Latino, given that these terms are also used commonly to refer to the people born in Latin America, although they originally meant someone born in Lazionote , Italy.
Countries
North America
Northern America
- Mexico (Official Name: The United Mexican States)
Capital & Largest City: Mexico City
The Caribbean
Capital & Largest City: Havana
Capital & Largest City: Santo Domingo
Capital & Largest City: Port-au-Prince
Central America
Capital & Largest City: San José
Capital & Largest City: San Salvador
Capital & Largest City: Guatemala City
Capital & Largest City: Tegucigalpa
Capital & Largest city: Managua
Capital & Largest City: Panama City
South America
Eastern South America
Capital: Brasília
Largest City: São Paulo
Southern Cone
Capital & Largest City: Buenos Aires
Capital & Largest City: Santiago
Capital & Largest City: Asunción
Capital & Largest City: Montevideo
Andean States
Capitals: Sucre (constitutional and judicial), La Paz (executive and legislative)
Largest City: Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Capital & Largest City: Bogotá
Capital & Largest City: Quito
Capital & Largest City: Lima
Capital & Largest City: Caracas
Dependencies
North America
Caribbean
- Guadeloupe (administered by France)
Prefecture: Basse-Terre
Largest City: Pointe-à-Pitre
- Martinique (administered by France)
Prefecture & Largest City: Fort-de-France
- Puerto Rico (administered by the United States)
Capital & Largest City: San Juan
- Saint Barthélemy (administered by France)
Capital & Largest City: Gustavia
- Saint Martin (administered by France)
Capital & Largest City: Marigot
South America
The Guianas
- French Guiana (administered by France)
Prefecture & Largest City: Cayenne
See also
- ALMA Award (award presented annually for the Latin/Hispanic-American community for films and television)
- The Amazon Rainforest
- Andean Music
- Argentina Is Nazi Land
- Argentine Civil War
- Argentines with Armored Vehicles (Argentinian military)
- Association Football
- Aztec Mythology
- The Balmis Expedition
- Banana Republic
- Bandito
- Battle Bolas
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Bolivarians with BMPs (Venezuelan military)
- Bolivian Army Cliffhanger
- Borrowin' Samedi
- Bossa Nova
- Brazilian Folklore
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Brazilian Military Regime
- Brazilians with Bazookas (Brazilian military)
- British Invasions of the Río de la Plata
- Calacas
- The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires (for inaccurate portrayals of Brazil in fiction)
- Capoeira
- Carbuncle Creature
- The Cartel
- The Chaco War
- The Chincha Islands War
- Chocolate of Romance
- Cinco de Mayo
- City of Gold
- Cold War
- Developing Nations Lack Cities
- The Dutch-Portuguese War
- El Spanish "-o"
- The Empire of Brazil
- Feathered Serpent
- The Football War
- French Language
- Gaucho
- The Generalissimo
- Girls Love Chocolate
- Gratuitous Foreign Language
- Gratuitous Mariachi Band
- Hungry Jungle
- The Illegal
- Inca Mythology
- .io Game
- It's Cuban
- Jungle Warfare
- Latin American Literature
- Latin Land
- Latin Lover
- Latino-American Creators
- Latino-American Media (media that focuses on Americans of Latin American descent)
- Lazy Mexican
- Lima Syndrome
- Lost in the Maize
- Machete Mayhem
- Macho Latino
- Magnificent Moustaches of Mexico
- Mars Wants Chocolate
- Masked Luchador
- Mayan Doomsday
- Mayan Mythology
- Mayincatec
- Mexican-American War
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Food
- The Mexican Revolution
- Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales
- Mexicans with Machine Guns (Mexican military)
- Monstrous Seal
- National Reorganization Process
- Our Alebrijes Are Different
- Our Perytons Are Different
- Our Zombies Are Different
- Artificial Zombie
- Attractive Zombie
- Dead Weight
- Elite Zombie
- Episode of the Dead
- Everything's Deader with Zombies
- Flesh-Eating Zombie
- Friendly Zombie
- Incongruously-Dressed Zombie
- No Zombie Cannibals
- Not a Zombie
- Not Using the "Z" Word
- Plague Zombie
- Possessing a Dead Body
- Raising the Steaks
- Revenant Zombie
- Room Full of Zombies
- Technically-Living Zombie
- Voodoo Zombie
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Zombie Gait
- Zombie Infectee
- Zombie Puke Attack
- Zombie Stories
- Overly Long Name
- The Pampas
- Panamanians with Planes (Panamanian Public Forces)
- Panthera Awesome
- Piranha Problem
- Popcorn on the Cob
- Portuguese Language
- Pre-Columbian Civilizations
- Psycho Electric Eel
- Pyramid Power
- Rascally Raccoon
- Revolutionaries with Russian RPDs (Cuban military)
- The Salvadoran Civil War
- Samba
- Shrunken Head
- Sluggish Seal
- Smelly Skunk
- Sombrero Equals Mexican
- Spanish-American War
- Spanish American Wars of Independence
- Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
- Spanish Conquest of the Maya
- Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire
- Spanish Conquest of the Philippines (performed by a majority of ethnically Mexican settlers)
- Spanish Literature
- Spanish Language
- Spicy Latina
- Sweet Seal
- Taíno Mythology
- Tainted Tobacco
- Tango
- Telenovela
- Those Wily Coyotes
- Tropical Epilogue
- Tupi-Guarani Mythology
- Voudoun
- War of the Confederation
- War of Jenkins' Ear
- War of the Pacific
- War of the Triple Alliance
- Western Animation
- Western Terrorists
Latin America in fiction:
- Cyclic National Fascination: When the continent started importing Asian soap operas (mainly Korean, Indian, and, several years later, Turkish) around the mid-2010s up to 2020s, its population became very fixated on said Asian cultures. Kind of a huge, real-life Addictive Foreign Soap Opera fever. It was coupled with the rise of popularity of Anime and K-pop in the region.
