Latin America, also known as Latin America, is a continent that has a great diversity of cultures, languages, accents, history, gastronomy, customs and others, which makes it a great attraction for those who wish to visit their countries. It is important to mention that Latin America is very rich in silver, copper and oil, as well as having a great environmental and animal variety.
Latin America has a population of approximately 670 million inhabitants, which are divided between Central America, North America and South America, this being the one with the largest number of inhabitants. The languages that we find in this continent are Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Among the countries that are part of Latin America are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic , Uruguay, Venezuela, Belize, The Guianas and Suriname
Due to all this that we have mentioned, doubts may have arisen regarding said continent, and there are many curiosities about Latin America , which we will show you below.
- The most populated cities are Bogotá, Sao Paulo, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Santiago, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Buenos Aires and Belo Horizonte.
- The majority of the citizens of Latin America are Catholic.
- Characters such as Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvio Rodríguez, Frida Kahlo and Cantinflas, are recognized throughout Latin America and even in other parts of the world.
- Sadly, health, poverty, crime and corruption are the problems that this continent faces the most.
- Brazil is the world's largest exporter of coffee, sugar, tobacco, ethanol, chicken and meat.
- Asia is Latin America's second largest trading partner, after the United States.
- The Amazon stretches through Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
- Mexican gastronomy has the title of Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
- In Yoro, Honduras, it rains fish. That is to say, when it is the rainy season, small silver fish appear in the streets that seem to have fallen from the sky.
- The beaches of Cartagena de Indias allow you to bathe at night, because its sea lights up thanks to its particular color.
If you live on this continent, it will be gratifying for you to have learned a little about the curiosities of Latin America and to notice that it is very rich on a historical, cultural and gastronomic level.
