1. Spanish
speaking
Countries
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2. Tourist Hot Spots
Acapulco
Teotihuacan
Mexico
Los Cabos
Delicioso :D
Tequila
is the
Currency national
Peso drink.
Bullfighting is very
popular in Mexico.
Chocolate, enchiladas,
tamales all came from
Mexico.
Main crops include corn (ranked 4th worldwide),
Climate
In general, Mexico enjoys sorghum (4th), and beans (5th). Mexico is also a
spring weather year-round, major producer and exporter of fruits, vegetables and
with the evenings somewhat other agricultural products, being among the top 10
cooler, especially in
winter. June to September is
producers of avocado, cacao, coffee, lemon, mango,
orange, tomato, sugarcane, honey and banana. Mexico Population:
the rainy season. also has the climatic conditions which allow the
production and export of cattle, pigs, goats and sheep. 95,831,000
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3. Cuba
Population:
Tourist Hot Spots
Havana
Castillo de la Real Fuerza
Museo de la Revolucion
11,116,000
Facts
Resources
Cobalt, nickel, Cigars made in Cuba are
popular in many countries.
iron ore, copper, Cuba has a many
salt, timber, underground limestone
and petroleum. caves.
It is the largest island in
the West Indies.
Climate
Except in the mountains, the
climate of Cuba is semitropical
or temperate. The average
minimum temperature is 70°, the
average maximum 81°.
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4. Dominican8,232,000
Population:
Republic
N ickel
Resou rc es
Gold Dating back to Trujillo's era, he had the highest
peak in the Caribbean known as Pico Duarte
Silver named after him. Legally, because of some kind
of mistake, it is still called Pico Trujillo instead of
Duarte.
Tourist Hot Spots
Dominican Republic has the only flag with a
Santo Domingo bible in it. It was designed by a Vexillographer
(flag maker) who was a vexillologist (one who
Saona Island studies flags ) and into Vexillology (the study of
flags)
Sierra Del Seibo Climate
The Dominican Republic has primarily a tropical
climate with more diurnal and local variations in
,
temperature than seasonal ones and with seasonal
,
variability in the abundance of rainfall.
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5. Pu erto Rico
Population: 3,810,000
Fun Facts
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, World's largest single-dish radio
The Vieques Biobay, telescope
Hot Spots
Tourist
El Yunque, Puerto Rico is roughly the size of
Culebrita, Connecticut.
Camuy Caves Puerto Rico's unofficial mascot is a tiny
tree frog found only on the island.
Natural Resources
Climate
Of Puerto Rico falls into the copper
tropical climatic zone.
Temperatures are moderate year oil
round, averaging near 80 °F
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nickel

6. Natural Resources
Hydropower
Guatemala
Population: 10,801,000
Petroleum Fun Facts:
The average woman in
Rare woods Guatemala works more than
any other women in the world
Guatemala is most famous
for it’s league in the soccer
world cup
Guatemala was the first
country to have uncovered the
ancient ruins of Mayan
astrological calendar
computation.
Climate
The coastal regions and
Tourist Hot Spots
the northeast are hot
The Tikal National Park
throughout the year
Flores with an average
Lake Atitlán temperature of 68°F,
Santo Tomás sometimes rising to
Chichicastenango
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99°F.

7. Honduras
Population:6,147,000
Natural Resources
timber, lead, zinc, iron Fun Fa
ore, antimony, coal, cts
“Banana Republic” was first
fish, hydropower applied to Honduras for the
influence of U.S. banana
companies.
Christopher Columbus is said
to have said after leaving
behind a storm: “Thank God
we've left these Depths.” And
he called Depths (Honduras).
Climate
Honduras is hot and humid almost year-
round. Temperatures vary by altitude rather Copa Ruinas
than season. The average high temperature
nationwide is 90°F. Archaeological Site
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8. El Salvador
Population: 6,032 ,000
El Salvador has a
tropical climate with
Despite its small pronounced wet and
size, it has the third
largest economy in
dry seasons.
Central America
the only Latin
American country
that has troops in
Iraq
It has used the US
dollar as its main
currency since 2001 Tour
ist Sp
ots
El Boquerón National Park
La Puerta del Diablo
Los Planes de Rendero
Natural resources
Geothermal power
Petroleum
Arable land
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9. Tourist Hot Spots
Nicaragua
Population: 4,807,000
Managua
San Juan del Sur
Granada Copper
Fun Facts Lead
Petroglyphs on islands in Lake Nicaragua may Tungsten
be the oldest in the region.
86 of the 88 constellations can be seen in
Nicaragua.
Nicaragua has 215 miles of Pacific coast and 330
miles of Atlantic coast.
Nicaragua Climate is tropical in
nature, which primarily consists of
two seasons namely dry and rainy
season.
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10. Costa 3,841,000
Population:
Rica CL IMAT E
Tropical and su btropical; dry season
rainy season cooler in h igh lands.
Costa Rica contains th e natural
resources of tropical fruits, natural
ru bber trees, and local beach es. There are 800 miles of coastline in Cost Rica
a
Cost Rica is divided into seven provinces: San Jose
a ,
Alajuela, Heredia, Cart , Guanacaste Punt
ago , arenas and
Limon.
Cost Rica hosts more than 5% of the world’s biodiversity
a
even though its landmass only t akes up .03% of the planet's
surface
.
Tortugu ero Park
Arenal National Park
Manu el Antonio Park
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11. Panama has some of Panama
the best breaks in Population: 2,767,000
Latin America.
SURF’S UP!
Tropical maritime; hot,
humid, cloudy; prolonged
Copper
rainy season to , short dry
Mahogany forests
season.
Shrimp
Tourist Hot Spots
Amador Causeway
Ancon Hill
Balboa Avenue
Bridge of the Americas
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12. Venezuela's climate is primarily
VenezuelaPopulation: 23,242,000
tropical; hot, humid; more
moderate in highlands
TOURIST SPOTS
Archipielago Los
Roques
Canaima National Park Bauxite
Isla de Margarita
Hydropower
Diamonds
The highest waterfall on the planet is located in Venezuela and is
known as the Angel Falls. The waterfall falls from a spectacular
height of 3 212 feet, much more than twice the eight of the Empire
State Building.
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13. Columbia enjoys a moderate Columbia
climate with four separate Population:
40,803,000
seasons.
Colombia is the only South American
country that has coast on both Tourist Hot Spots
oceansColombia has the world’s greatest Congaree National Park
diversity of orchid species95% of the St. Peter's Catholic Church
world’s emeralds come from Colombia Sesquicentennial State Park
Natural Resources
Natural gas
Nickel
Emeralds
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Natural Resources
Coal
Mercury
Pyrites
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15. Equatorial Guinea
Population: 465,746
The Niger Delta holds some of
the world's richest oil
Natural Resources deposits, yet Nigerians living
Oil there are poorer than ever,
Petroleum and violence is rampant.
Unexploited
deposits of gold
Tourist Hot Spots
Luba
Bata Equatorial Guinea has a
Malabo tropical climate with
distinct wet and dry
seasons.
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16. Tourist Locations
Banos
Cotopaxi National Park
Ecuador
Population: 12,175,000
Otaval
Resources
The climate of Ecuador
Petroleum
varies by region, due to Fish
differences in altitude and Timber
proximity to the equator.
The term Ecuador means
equator in Spanish.
Ecuador was a part of the
Inca Empire, before the
arrival of the Spanish, in 1534.
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17. e climate of Peru is very diverse,
Peru
with a large variety of climates
and microclimates, including 28
of the 32 world climates.
Population: 24,797,000
Natural Resources
Gold
Arequipa - Colca Valley
Petroleum Chiclayo
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
Timber
Inca made pots in the shape of peanuts that were
highly appraised
The potato, and tomato is from peru
Peru's corn has the biggest kernels in the world
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18. Natural Resources The Andes
Tourism
Petroleum La Paz Bolivia
Zinc Lake Titicaca Population: 6,957,000
Antimony Yungas Road
Weather in Bolivia can vary drastically from one
climatic zone to another. The summer months
in Bolivia are November through March.
Lake Titicaca is the largest South American lake
The planet’s largest deposit of salt can be found
in Bolivia.
Uyuni salt beds hold more than 64 million tons
of salt.
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19. Iron Ore Paraguay
Manganese Population: 5,222,000
Limestone
Casa de la Independencia
Jardin Botanico y Zoologico
Panteon Nacional de los Heroes Paraguay experiences a
subtropical climate in the
Paraneña region and a
tropical climate in the Chaco.
Fun Facts
Paraguay got independence from Spanish rule on May 14, 1811
Before the arrival of the Europeans, Paraguay was inhabited
by a native tribe called Guarani.
Paraguay derives its name from an eponymous river
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20. As one would expect in a
Chile country that extends so
far from north to
south, Chile has many
different climatic zones.
Population: 13,528,000
Fun Facts Easter Island
Chile borders three different
countries; Argentina to the El Tatio
east, Bolivia to the northeast
and Peru to the north
Geysers
Chile has an unusual ribbon Villarrica
shape. It is 4300 km long and National Park
just 175 km wide (on average)
Forests, grazing land,
volcanoes and lakes are all
features of southern Chile.
Natural Resources
timber
iron ore
nitrates
precious metals
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21. Uruguay
Population: 3,298,000
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22. Argentina
Population: 36,123,000
Main types of climate in
Argentina are four: warm,
moderate, arid and cold. Pampas
Zinc
Manganese
Petroleum
Uranium
One of the first countries to
have radio
Average life expectancy in
Argentina is 76 years.
About 10% of people living in
Argentina have private
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health cover.