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1. LATIN AMERICA: the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

SOURCE: 2. LATIN AMERICA: is the region of the Americans where romance languages - those derived from Latin - are officially spoken.

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1. HISPANIC AMERICA: is a term denoting a derivation from Spanish, her people and culture.

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2. HISPANIC AMERICA: 1. Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America. 2. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.

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COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The term Latin America is also used to include Puerto Rico, the French West Indies, and other islands of the West Indies where a Romance tongue is spoken. Occasionally the term is used to include Belize, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname

COUNTRIES IN CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago