2.  Population: 11,477,459  Primary Language: Spanish  Government Type: Communist State  Religion: nominally 85% Roman Catholic; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented  Geography: Cuba’s terrain is mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast.  Some natural resources are cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, and petroleum. There climates are tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)  Imports/ Exports: Some imports and exports are natural gas, oil, electricity, sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, and coffee.

3.  Population: 3,977,663  Primary Languages: Spanish, and English  Government Type: Commonwealth  Religion: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%  Geography: Mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; and sandy beaches along most coastal areas  Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic. The climate is tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation.  Imports/Exports: Some exports are chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, and medical equipment. Chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, and petroleum products are all imports.

4.  Population:9,794,487  Primary Languages: Spanish  Government Type: Democratic Republic  Religion: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%  Geography: The weather is tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall. The terrain is made up of rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed.  Imports/Exports: Some agricultural products are sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, and eggs. Some import commodities are foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.  Some export commodities are  ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, and consumer goods.

5.  Population: 112,468,855  Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3%, Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah’s witness 1.1%, other.3%, unspecified 13.8%, and none 3.1%  Government type: Federal Republic  Imports/ Exports: Some exports and imports are electricity, oil, natural gas. Some import commodities are: metalworking, machines, still mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts and assembly, and fruits. Geography :

6.  Population: 6,052,064  Religion: Roman Catholic 57.1%, protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%, Mormon.7%, other 2.3%, none 16.8%  Government type: Republic  Languages: Spanish, Nahua ( among some Amerindians)  Imports/ Exports: El Salvador’s imports and exports are: electricity, oil, and natural gas. Some export commodities are: off shore assembly, coffee, sugar textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, and iron and steel manufactures.  Geography: El Salvador is mostly mountains with narrow costal belt and central plateaus.

7.  Population: 13,550,440  Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, and indigenous Mayan belief.  Government type: Constitutional democratic republic  Languages: Spanish 60%,Amerinclian languages 40%  Imports/Exports: Guatemala’s agricultural products include: coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, and dairy products.  Geography: Guatemala’s geographical features are mostly mountains with narrow costal plains and rolling limestone plateaus.