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NORTH (AND CENTRAL) AMERICA
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Capital: Guatemala City Nationality: guatemalteco
Tikal: ancient Mayan ruins.
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Nationality: salvadoreño
El Salvador Capital: San Salvador Nationality: salvadoreño Country name means “The Savior”
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Nationality: hondureño
Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa Nationality: hondureño -World’s highest murder rate, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere
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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
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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.
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Nationality: panameño
Panama Capital: Panama City Nationality: panameño Panama Canal links Atlantic and Pacific
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Nationality: mexicano
Mexico Capital: Mexico City Nationality: mexicano Capital of the Aztec Empire. Traditional music: Mariachi
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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
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Capital: Santo Domingo Nationality: dominicano
Dominican Republic Capital: Santo Domingo Nationality: dominicano Island shares a border with French-speaking Haiti.
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Nationality: puertorriqueño
Puerto Rico Capital: San Juan Nationality: puertorriqueño Commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Ricans are granted U.S. citizenship.
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SOUTH AMERICA
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Nationality: venezolano
Venezuela Capital: Caracas Nationality: venezolano Birthplace of So. American liberator Simon Bolivar.
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Nationality: colombiano
Columbia Capital: Bogotá Nationality: colombiano Named after Christopher Columbus.
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Nationality: ecuatoriano
Ecuador Capital: Quito Nationality: ecuatoriano Name means Equator, which passes through the country Home of Galapagos Islands (iguanas!)
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Peru Capital: Lima Nationality: peruano Capital of the Inca Empire.
Home of the famous ruins at Machu Picchu.
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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.
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Easter Island off coast.
Chile Capital: Santiago Nationality: chileno Easter Island off coast.
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Nationality: argentino
Argentina Capital: Buenos Aires Nationality: argentino Birthplace of Tango, romantic dance.
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Nationality: paraguayo
Capital: Asunción Nationality: paraguayo Rich Guarani Indian culture. 94% of the population speaks Guarani. Only 75% speak Spanish.
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Nationality: uruguayo
Capital: Montevideo Nationality: uruguayo Very modern and developed country.
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Spain Capital: Madrid Nationality: español
La madre patria (mother country) of Spanish language
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Nationality: ecuatoguineano
Equatorial Guinea Capital: Malabo Nationality: ecuatoguineano Only African nation where Spanish is the official language.
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