ITS 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: North American Free Trade Agreement, Greater Antilles, Latin American Studies
19 Dec 2017
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Latin america is poised to become one of the most prosperous regions in the world. Democracy is pretty much entrenched in the region. However still plagued by slow growth and corruption. Geography, such as andes, plays somewhat of a role. Many european languages, even dutch, as well as numerous indigenous languages are spoken in latin america. The term latin america is a byproduct of the imprint on all parts of society in the region left by european colonization. Enough similarities to bind central america, south america and caribbean islands into one region. South american is the most recognizable piece of latin america and has four major sub regions. Southern cone: southern part of the continent (chile, argentina, paraguay, uruguay) Guyana, suriname and french guiana in the north-western corner. Spain and portugal were dominant powers in south america. Mexico isn"t very north american, but very latin american so it is often lumped in with central america.
