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The four common subregions in Latin America. Latin America is often used synonymously with Ibero-America ("Iberian America"), where the populations speak Spanish or Portuguese and the dominant religion is Roman Catholic.
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The following is an alphabetical list of countries in the...
- United Nations geoscheme for the Americas - Wikipedia
This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.
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Various countries within the Latin American and the Caribbean region do not use either Spanish, Portuguese or French as official languages, but rather English or Dutch.[citation needed]
The region has a unique history and varied between stability to instability, included various deadly conflicts, though its level remains conflicted. The two deadliest conflicts in the region are the Colombian conflict and the Mexican drug war; and more recently, the crisis in Venezuela and Gang war in Haiti. Some other bloody conflicts include the ...
Religion
Most countries are dominated by Christianity, the largest being Roman Catholic. Smaller groups include Protestantism (including Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses) and Orthodoxy and other forms of Christianity. There are many venerated folk saints and folk religions namely folk catholicism as well as african diaspora religions (syncretic african traditional religions) as well as Native American religions including shamanism. Many folk healers also practice folk magic. Specific Creole peoples o...
Music
The region is extremely popular for its own distinct musicwhich can not be found somewhere in the world. Began since the conquest of Spain, France, Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal in 15th century, due to the greater diversification including indigenous, Asian, African and European population merged, it expanded popularity of their music, dated from 1950s and rampant globalization, music from the region has become widely noticed, and has been nominated for several music awards.
Sports
The region is rich at sporting activities, especially in association football, which have some of the world's strongest football teams, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and others. Baseball, tennis, cycling, volleyball, rugby union, basketball, hockey, and cricket are also popular.[citation needed] The region is known for producing significant mixed martial-arts fighters, notably competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Mexico and Brazil being the ones that stand out in this sport.
Latin America and the Caribbean. Caribbean – the UN includes the Lucayan Archipelago in this subregion; Latin America. Central America – the UN includes Mexico in this subregion; South America; Northern America; by culture: Anglo-America; Latin America. French America; Ibero-America. Hispanic America; Portuguese America; by ...
List of regions of Latin America. This is a list of regions commonly used in Latin America . Geopolitical regions. The four common regions of Latin America. Central America. Caribbean (only partially) Southern Cone. Geographic regions. Mexico. Bajio. Huasteca. Totonacapan. Republic of the Rio Grande. Republic of Yucatán. Chiapas. Mexican Altiplano.
Countries and territories that make up Latin America. Spanish-speaking. Argentina. Bolivia. Chile. Colombia.
