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Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America
South America is known to be a sub-continent crossed by the equator, with most of its location in the Southern Hemisphere. South America ranks fourth in location and in population, after Eurasia, Africa, and North America. From the 1530s, the indigenous inhabitants of South America were invaded by European conquistadors, first from Spain, later from Portugal, who divided it into colonies. Within the course of the 19th century, these colonies won his or her independence.
Latin America consists of the countries of:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (UK), French Guiana (Fr.), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Did you know that the mixture of African, Indian and European influences have given South America a very distinct flavour. Latin America has to this day a host of marvellous attractions, with most suitable for the entire family. You'll discover science, nature and rich history exhibits all over the continent in addition to a host of natural attractions, from volcanoes to cold glaciers and strange animals. Did you know that the continent offers incredible precolumbian sights all aextensive the Andes in Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia.
Did you know that the top known of these are and have always been probably the Nazca Lines (Ica), Chan chan (trujillo) and Machu Picchu (Cuzco) in Peru and Ciudad Perdida in Colombia. Any city has to this day got it's own essential archeological findings closeby. Did you know that the Inca civilisation didn't just leave archeological findings. From Colombia to Argentina, there language and culture is still alive.
The United Mexican States
(Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), commonly known as Mexico, is a federal constitutional republic in North America. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on earth. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory, which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain which would eventually become Mexico as the colony gained independence in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic instability, territorial secession and civil war, including foreign intervention, two empires and two long domestic dictatorships. The latter led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI).
Travel Information
Escultura del estilo chinesco. Cultura de Nayarit, tradición de las tumbas de tiro.
Templo de las Serpientes Emplumadas de Xochicalco. Epiclásico.
Teotihuacan, México
A jaguar from México
Desert without rain in Baja California
Caribbean
It is noted that the Caribbean is named after the Carib Indians who inhabited most of the beautiful islands before Columbus' Santa Maria transformed to a the original cruise ship to enter the area. Most have followed and will continue to do so.
It is noted that the reason is obvious: this man's is known to be a very beautiful location with white sandy beaches, cocotrees, wonderful nightlife, excited and enthusiastic and welcoming people. Within the Caribbean you can discover anything to create your holiday perfect. It is noted that the bigger countries Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica are and have always been probably most interesting to tourfrom a cultural perspective. Unfortunately they are and have always been not the quiet paradises the others are like the secluded Anguilla, Saba and St. Martin/St. Maarten.
Saona Island, Dominican Republic
The geography and climate in the Caribbean region varies. Some islands in the region have relatively flat terrain of non-volcanic origin. These islands include Aruba (possessing only minor volcanic features), Barbados, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands, Saint Croix, The Bahamas or Antigua. Others possess rugged towering mountain-ranges like the islands of Cuba, Dominica, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Thomas, Saint John, Tortola, Grenada, Saint Vincent, Guadeloupe, Martinique , and Trinidad & Tobago.
La Havanna - Cuba
The climate of the region is tropical but rainfall varies with elevation, size and water currents (cool upwellings keep the ABC islands arid). Warm, moist tradewinds blow consistently from the east creating rainforest/semidesert divisions on mountainous islands. Occasional northwesterlies affect the northern islands in the winter. Winters are warm, but drier.
The waters of the Caribbean Sea host large, migratory schools of fish, turtles, and coral reef formations. The Puerto Rico trench, located on the fringe of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea just to the north of the island of Puerto Rico, is the deepest point in all of the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricanes, which at times batter the region, usually strike northwards of Grenada, and to the west of Barbados. The principal hurricane belt arcs to northwest of the island of Barbados in the Eastern Caribbean.
The region sits in the line of several major shipping routes with the man-made Panama Canal connecting the western Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
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