1. NORTH (AND CENTRAL) AMERICA

2. Capital: Guatemala City Nationality: guatemalteco
Tikal: ancient Mayan ruins.

3. Nationality: salvadoreño
El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
Nationality: salvadoreño
Country name means “The Savior”

4. Nationality: hondureño
Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Nationality: hondureño
-World’s highest murder rate, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere

5. Nationality: nicaragüense
Nicaragua
Capital: Managua
Nationality: nicaragüense
Lake Nicaragua is large lake where originally Panama Canal was to be built
Now China is building a canal
there

6. Nationality: costarricense
Costa Rica
Capital: San José
Nationality: costarricense
Has no military and was until this year it was one of safest Central American countries
Known for beautiful rainforests and Eco-tourism.

7. Nationality: panameño
Panama
Capital: Panama City
Nationality: panameño
Panama Canal links Atlantic and Pacific

8. Nationality: mexicano
Mexico
Capital: Mexico City
Nationality: mexicano
Capital of the Aztec Empire.
Traditional music: Mariachi

9. Cuba Capital: Havana Nationality: cubano
World famous for their cigars and sugar
Communist dictator Fidel Castro ruled since 1959; now his brother Raul is “president”.
Current embargo (ban of trade and travel) enacted by the US in 1960 may be lifted soon
Fidel
Raul

10. Capital: Santo Domingo Nationality: dominicano
Dominican Republic
Capital: Santo Domingo
Nationality: dominicano
Island shares a border with French-speaking Haiti.

11. Nationality: puertorriqueño
Puerto Rico
Capital: San Juan
Nationality: puertorriqueño
Commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Ricans are granted U.S. citizenship.

12. SOUTH AMERICA

13. Nationality: venezolano
Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
Nationality: venezolano
Birthplace of So. American liberator Simon Bolivar.

14. Nationality: colombiano
Columbia
Capital: Bogotá
Nationality: colombiano
Named after Christopher Columbus.

15. Nationality: ecuatoriano
Ecuador
Capital: Quito
Nationality: ecuatoriano
Name means Equator, which passes through the country
Home of Galapagos Islands
(iguanas!)

16. Peru Capital: Lima Nationality: peruano Capital of the Inca Empire.
Home of the famous ruins at Machu Picchu.

17. Nationality: boliviano
Capital: La Paz*
Nationality: boliviano
Named after S. American hero Simon Bolivar.
Home of Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo.
Country actually has 2 capitals. Sucre is the
constitutional and judicial capital.

18. Easter Island off coast.
Chile
Capital: Santiago
Nationality: chileno
Easter Island off coast.

19. Nationality: argentino
Argentina
Capital: Buenos Aires
Nationality: argentino
Birthplace of Tango, romantic dance.

20. Nationality: paraguayo
Capital: Asunción
Nationality: paraguayo
Rich Guarani Indian culture.
94% of the population speaks Guarani. Only 75% speak Spanish.

21. Nationality: uruguayo
Capital: Montevideo
Nationality: uruguayo
Very modern and
developed country.

22. Spain Capital: Madrid Nationality: español
La madre patria (mother country) of Spanish language

23. Nationality: ecuatoguineano
Equatorial Guinea
Capital: Malabo
Nationality: ecuatoguineano
Only African nation where Spanish is the official language.