what funny she represent a good part of the population.
i lived a year in the us.. and i was talking in spanish with my cousin and this woman around 20-30 years old comes to me and says:
she: oh so you speak mexican!.
me:no it's not mexican it's called spanish, i am from panama
she: oh yeah i knew that, panama city, florida?
me: no, panamy city, panama in central america.
she: is that part of mexico?
/me facepalms
for some reason she thought america was (canada, usa and mexico)
and everything south of usa is mexico or rather known as latin america.