Latin America and Caribbean
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Regional Maps
Countries and Dependencies
Caribbean
- Anguilla (U.K. Dependency)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba (Netherlands Dependency)
- Bahamas (former British colony)
- Bonaire (Netherlands Dependency)
- Cayman Islands (U.K. Dependency)
- Cuba (former Spanish colony, former American protectorate/sugar colony)
- Curacao (Netherlands Dependency)
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic (former Spanish colony)
- Guadeloupe (French Department)
- Haiti (former French sugar colony)
- Puerto Rico (U.S. Dependency)
- Grenada (former British sugar colony)
- Jamaica (former British sugar Colony)
- Martinique (French Department)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago (former British sugar colony)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K. Dependency)
- Virgin Islands (former Danish colony and now a U.S. Dependency)
Mexico and Central America
- Belize (former British colony)
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatamala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana (French Department)
- Guyana (former British colony)
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname (former Dutch colony)
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Regional History
With a handful of exceptions in addition to those otherwise indicated above, the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean share a history of Spanish or Portuguese colonialism. The division between former Portuguese colony Brazil and the remainder of Latin American which has Spanish colonial roots can be traced to a deal brokered by the Pope in 1494 known as the Treaty of Tordesillas, which was originally designed to exclude Spain from Africa and India, and Portugal from the Far East.
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