osed125 said:
Latin America is all countries from Mexico to Argentina (it doesn't count non Spanish speaking countries like Brasil, Guyana, etc). Mexico is indeed part of North America, but it forms part of the cultural sub-name (I'm pretty sure that's not what it's called) Latin America. Everything from Guatemala to Argentina (including Brasil, Guyana, etc) is called South America. With the sub-continent Central America (from Guatemala to Panama). Keep in mind people usually study this things differently. In Latin America (not sure about Mexico) most countries study America as a single continent from Canada to Argentina. But I know in the U.S is different. But anyway this is off topic :p |
Actually this divisions in the american continent happens from different points of view:
By language spoken:
-Latin America is the countries that the language spoken are derivative from latin (French, Spanish, Portuguese...). So yes, Mexico and Brazil are Latin America.
-The other countries, that speak non-latin languages are called Anglo- America (USA, Canada, Guyana etc)
By geographical position:
North America: Mexico, USA and Canada.
South America: All the countries below Colombia (including) are South America
Central America: All the countries between Mexico and Colombia
