Latin America is a huge region, in which many cultures, peoples, languages and customs intermixed. Here lives a huge number of people, although less than in Asian countries, and the Latin American nature covers all climatic zones, from wet and hot tropical jungles to subarctic deserts. Latin America is so diverse that you can not confidently say that you know it, if you have not visited all of its many countries – so they differ from each other.
The largest country in the Latin American region is Brazil.
In most countries of Latin America, the status of the state language is Spanish. Nevertheless, in almost every state in the course of many local languages and dialects.
It is in Latin America is the most southern city of the Earth. This is the Argentine Ushuaia, sometimes called “a city on the edge of the world”.
In the Latin American, or rather, the Chilean Atacama Desert, rains have not existed for hundreds of years.
In all countries of Latin America, it is far from as safe as in Russia. Of course, the situation is different everywhere – in Honduras, for example, an alien will be robbed on the street with a probability close to 100%, and in Uruguay, for example, it is relatively quiet, with the exception of the capital, Montevideo.
The majority of the population of Latin America are descendants of mixed marriages between the Spaniards and Indians. Although in Bolivia almost the entire population is descendants of Africans.
Most Latin Americans have a highly developed national identity. They are usually very proud of their origin.
The most popular sport in all Latin American countries is football. The first world champion in football was, by the way, the Uruguayan team.
One of the most popular dances in the world, tango, was born here. Superiority in this issue has long been disputed by Argentina and Uruguay.
In Latin America, there are their own “cowboys” – gauchos. They live mainly in the Argentine pampas, in Patagonia, in the south of this country.
