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3 days ago · Indigenous Latin America is a mosaic of vibrant cultures that have endured for centuries. Each community possesses a unique heritage, language, art, and spiritual beliefs. These cultures are a testament to the ingenuity and resilience of Indigenous peoples, who have adapted to diverse environments and thrived in challenging circumstances.
1 day ago · In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492.
1 day ago · The name America is derived from that of the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci, one of the earliest European explorers of the New World. The term America originally was applied only to South America, but the designation soon was applied to the entire landmass.
2 days ago · Mexico is a country of southern North America and the third largest country in Latin America. It is one of the chief economic and political forces in Latin America, with a dynamic industrial base, vast mineral resources, a wide-ranging service sector, and the world’s largest population of Spanish speakers.
1 day ago · The Inca Empire, [a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. "land of four parts" [5]), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. [6] The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco.
3 days ago · Argentina, country of South America, covering most of the southern portion of the continent. The world’s eighth largest country, Argentina occupies an area more extensive than Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas combined.
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2 days ago · In another definition, Latin America designates the set of countries in the Americas where a Romance language (a language derived from Latin) predominates: Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Thus, it includes Mexico; most of Central and South America; and in the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
