What countries are there in Latin America?

Latin America has 33 countries including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina, as well as some affiliated regions.

Latin America refers to the American region south of the United States, that is, the continent between 32 42' north latitude and 56 54' south latitude, including Mexico, Central America, West Indies and South America.

Latin America faces the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west, with a total length of 1 1000 kilometers. The widest point from east to west is 5100km, and the narrowest point is the isthmus of Panama, which is only 48km wide. There are Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea in the north. It covers an area of 20.7 million square kilometers. 20 18 population 65 10/00000. Mainly indo-European mixed-race and mixed-race, followed by blacks, Indians and whites.

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Latin American customs and feelings

1, religion and language

Latin America (including Central America) believes in the same religion-Catholicism. Except Brazil speaks Portuguese, Haiti and French Guiana speak French, Suriname speaks Dutch, Belize and the Caribbean speak English, and all other countries speak the same language-Spanish.

2. colonization

Almost every country in Latin America was colonized by Europeans, and most of them were colonized by Spanish and Portuguese. European colonial aggression began in the east, brutal and bloody, and ravaged and conquered the local ancient civilizations: Aztec, Maya and Inca.

3. Social structure

Almost anywhere in Latin America, there is a polarized social structure, that is, society consists of only two classes-"the haves" and "the proletarians". The middle class does exist and may be booming in some countries, but in any case, it is only a minority for the whole region.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Latin America