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1 NORTH (AND CENTRAL) AMERICA

2 Capital: Guatemala City Nationality: guatemalteco
Tikal: ancient Mayan ruins.

3 Nationality: salvadoreño
El Salvador Capital: San Salvador Nationality: salvadoreño Country name means “The Savior”

4 Nationality: hondureño
Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa Nationality: hondureño -World’s highest murder rate, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere

5 Nationality: nicaragüense
Nicaragua Capital: Managua Nationality: nicaragüense Lake Nicaragua is large lake where originally Panama Canal was to be built Now China is building a canal there

6 Nationality: costarricense
Costa Rica Capital: San José Nationality: costarricense Has no military and was until this year it was one of safest Central American countries Known for beautiful rainforests and Eco-tourism.

7 Nationality: panameño
Panama Capital: Panama City Nationality: panameño Panama Canal links Atlantic and Pacific

8 Nationality: mexicano
Mexico Capital: Mexico City Nationality: mexicano Capital of the Aztec Empire. Traditional music: Mariachi

9 Cuba Capital: Havana Nationality: cubano
World famous for their cigars and sugar Communist dictator Fidel Castro ruled since 1959; now his brother Raul is “president”. Current embargo (ban of trade and travel) enacted by the US in 1960 may be lifted soon Fidel Raul

10 Capital: Santo Domingo Nationality: dominicano
Dominican Republic Capital: Santo Domingo Nationality: dominicano Island shares a border with French-speaking Haiti.

11 Nationality: puertorriqueño
Puerto Rico Capital: San Juan Nationality: puertorriqueño Commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Ricans are granted U.S. citizenship.

12 SOUTH AMERICA

13 Nationality: venezolano
Venezuela Capital: Caracas Nationality: venezolano Birthplace of So. American liberator Simon Bolivar.

14 Nationality: colombiano
Columbia Capital: Bogotá Nationality: colombiano Named after Christopher Columbus.

15 Nationality: ecuatoriano
Ecuador Capital: Quito Nationality: ecuatoriano Name means Equator, which passes through the country Home of Galapagos Islands (iguanas!)

16 Peru Capital: Lima Nationality: peruano Capital of the Inca Empire.
Home of the famous ruins at Machu Picchu.

17 Nationality: boliviano
Capital: La Paz* Nationality: boliviano Named after S. American hero Simon Bolivar. Home of Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo. Country actually has 2 capitals. Sucre is the constitutional and judicial capital.

18 Easter Island off coast.
Chile Capital: Santiago Nationality: chileno Easter Island off coast.

19 Nationality: argentino
Argentina Capital: Buenos Aires Nationality: argentino Birthplace of Tango, romantic dance.

20 Nationality: paraguayo
Capital: Asunción Nationality: paraguayo Rich Guarani Indian culture. 94% of the population speaks Guarani. Only 75% speak Spanish.

21 Nationality: uruguayo
Capital: Montevideo Nationality: uruguayo Very modern and developed country.

22 Spain Capital: Madrid Nationality: español
La madre patria (mother country) of Spanish language

23 Nationality: ecuatoguineano
Equatorial Guinea Capital: Malabo Nationality: ecuatoguineano Only African nation where Spanish is the official language.


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