What current events are happening in Latin America?

What current events are happening in Latin America?

Latin America

• Argentina Names New Economy Minister as Inflation Crisis Mounts.
• Smuggling Migrants to the U.S.
• Colombia Truth Commission Calls for Overhaul of Army, U.S.-Backed War on Drugs.
• Latin Grammy Winner Gets 9-Year Prison Sentence in Cuba.
• Colombian President-Elect’s Economic Revamp Faces Cost Crunch.

Is Latin America the same as South America?

Latin America includes only countries where a romantic language/ Latin-rooted language is spoken while South America is home to many European and Indigenous languages. As population, Latin America is much larger than South America. Geographically Latin America covers much more territory than South America.

Is Belize considered part of Latin America?

Latin America is often used synonymously with Ibero-America (“Iberian America”), excluding the predominantly Dutch-, French-, and English-speaking territories. Thus the countries of Haiti, Belize, Guyana and Suriname, as well as several French overseas departments, are excluded.

What race is Belize?

Most Belizeans are of multiracial descent. About 52.9% of the population is of mainly Indigenous descent (mostly Maya) and European descent (Indigenous Latino), 24.9% are Kriols, about 10.6% are Maya, and about 6.1% are Afro-Amerindian (Garifuna).

Which Latin American country is most like Spain?

Many countries are similar to Spain. The top five countries are all in the European Union and the top four have a majority Catholic population and natively speak Romance languages. Although most Latin American countries speak Spanish, only Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay are significantly similar.

Who owns the island of Belize?

What country owns Belize? Belize achieved independence on September 21, 1981, but it has retained its historical link with the United Kingdom through membership in the Commonwealth.

Why are there Amish in Belize?

Belize’s colonies date back to the late 1950s, when a group of over 3,000 Canadian Mennonites immigrated there from Mexico. Their arrival followed an agreement with the Belizean government, which offered them land, religious freedom and exemption from certain taxes (and, as committed pacifists, from military service).