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1 Barbados Caribbean 43 tropical; rainy season (June to October 336 petroleum, fish, natural gas 275,33 black 8%, white 4%, other 16% Protestant 67% (Anglican 4%) English parliamentary democracy independent Bridgetown sovereign state 11/3/1966 sugarcane, vegetables, cotton sugar & molasses rum other foods & beverages chemicals electrical components clothing Barbarian Dollar (BBD)

2 Jamaica Caribbean Island, in the Caribbean Sea 1,99 South sp. km of Cuba Tropical ; hot ; humid; temperate interior 2,256 Bauxite, gypsum, limestone 2,665,636 Black- 9.9% East Indian-1.3% Protestant-61.3% Church of God 21.2% English Baptist and Creole 8.8% Constitutional Parliamentary, Democracy Kingston 8/6/1962 Sugarcane, bananas, coffee, Potatoes,vegetables,poultry, goats,milk Aluminum, bauxite, sugar, bananas,rum Jamaican dollar (JED)

3 Bahamas Southeast of Florida 13,94 mild and sub-tropical, 63 salt, arogonite,timber, and arable land 297,852 Black 85%, White 12%, Asian/Hispanic 3% Christianity English, Creole Parliamentary Democracy Nassau 7/1/1973 fruits,vegetables, citrus, and poultry petroleum, hormones, rum, salt, and raw fish 1 Bahamian dollar = 1 cents

4 El Salvador Middle America 21,4 sq. km. Tropical rainy season, [May to Oct.]; dry [Nov. to Apr.] m. 2,73m. Hydropower,geothermal power, petroleum, & arable. 6,237,662 Maestro 9%; Amerindian 1%; White 9%. Roman Catholic, 86%. Spanish, Noah. Republican. San Salvador Coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum, shrimp, beef & dairy. Coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals,& electricity. Salvadoran colon,& U.S. dollar.

5 Haiti between the Caribbean sea and the north 27,75 Atlantic ocean tropical, semiarid the mountains and east cut off trade winds 2,68 bauxite, copper, calcium, carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower 6,964,549 black 95%, mulatto and white 5% Rome, Celtic, Protestant, Baptist, Pentecostal, French, Creole Adventist elected government Port-au-Prince 1/1/184 coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, wood manufactures, coffee, oil, mangoes gourde

6 Dominican Republic Caribbean 48,73 sq. km tropical maritime; little seasonal temp variation. -46m 3,175m nickel, bauxite, gold, silver 8,581,477 white 16% black 11% Mixed 73% Roman catholic 95% Spanish representative democracy Santo Domingo 2/27/1844 sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas, cattle, pigs, dairy products. ferro-nickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats. Dominican peso (DO)

7 Costa Rica Between Nicaragua and Panama. 51,1 km Tropical and subtropical, cooler in highlands m 3,81m hydropower and lumber 3,773,57 White 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1% Roman Catholic 76%, Evangelical 13.7%Jehovah Spanish(official) democratic republic San Jose 9/15/1821 Coffee, bananas, sugar, pineapples, textiles, electronics, components, medical equipment Coffee, bananas, sugar, pineapples, textiles, electronics, components, medical equipment Costa Rica colon

8 Panama Middle America 78,2 tropical maritime, hot, humid, cloudy 3,475 copper, mahogany forests, shimp, hydropower 2,845,647 mestizo(mixed Amerindian and white) Roman Catholic 85% Spanish(offcial) English 14% Constitutional Democracy Panama 11/3/193 bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegtables, live stock, shrimp bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing balboa (pab) vs dollar (usd)

9 Guatemala North America 18,89 tropical, hot, humid in low lands; cooler in highlands. 4,211 petroleum, nickel, rare wood, fish, Chile, hydropower 12,974,361 Maestro, Amerindian, whites and others Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Spanish. Mayan beliefs Democratic Republic Guatemala 9/15/1821 sugar cane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetable, cardamom, meat, apparel, petrel, electricity Quetzal, U.S. dollar, others allowed

10 Cuba Island between Caribbean Sea and North 11,86 Atlantic Ocean tropical, dry season (November to April), rainy season (May to October) 2,5 cobalt,nickel, iron ore,copper,manganese,salt,timber,sili ca,petroleum,arable land 11,194,23 51% mulatto,37% white,11% black,1% Chinese mulatto, Roman Catholic,Protestant,Jews, Spanish Sanatoria Communist State Havana 5/2/192 sugar, tobacco, citrus, rice, potatoes, beans, livestock sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee Cuban pesos

11 Honduras Middle America 112,9 Subtropical in lowlands temperet in the mouintains 2,87 timber, gold,silver, copper, lead, zing, coal, fish 6,46,52 Mestiso, Amerindian, Black,White Roman Catholic97% Spanish, American Demeratic Contitution Rebublic Teguciaglpa 8/15/1821 Bananas, Coffe, Citrus, Beef, timber,shrimp Coffe, Bananas,shrimp, Lobster, meat, Zink, Lumber Lempr ( HNL)

12 Guyana Northern South America 214,97 Tropical, hot, humid, two rainy seasons May to August & Nov. to Jan 2835 bauxite, gold, climates, hardwood, timber, shrimp, fish 697,181 East Indian 49%, Black 32%, mixed 12%, Amerindian 6% Christian 5%, Hindu 33% English, Amerindian dialects Republic within the Commentary Georgetown 5/26/1966 Sugar, rice, Wheat, vegetable oils; Beef, pork, poultry dairy products,forest and fishery potential Sugar, gold bauxite/ aluminum, rice, shrimp Guyanese dollar

13 Belize Between Guatemata and Mexico 22,9659 Tropicl, very hot and nmid,rainy seasions ( Mayto November), dry seasions,(febuary to may) 1,16 Arable and potential, timber, fish, hydropower. 256,62 Mestizo 43.7% Trecile 29.8% Mayato1% Gorifung 6.2% Other1.3% Rome Cathnile 62% Protest 3% English,Spanish,Garifune and Creole Partiamentary democry Bilmopan 2/12/1981 Bannas, Coca, Citrus Sugarcane, Lumber, Fish and shrimp. Suger, Bannas,Citras, Shrimp Belizear

14 Ecuador Western South America 283,56 Tropical 6,267 Petroleum, fish, timber, hydro power 13,183,978 Amerindian 65%, Spanich 25%, Other 1% Roman Catholic 95% Spanish, Amerindian Republic Quito 5/24/1822 Bananas, cofee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, plantains, sugarcane, cattle Petroleum, bananas, shrimp, coffee US dollar

15 Paraguay central South America 4675sqkm subtropical to temperate, substantal rainfall in the eastern porions, becoming for west. 46m 842m hydropower, timber, ironpre, manganese, limestone 5,734,139 mestizo [mixed spanish and america] 95 Roman cathatic 99, mennonite, and spanish other proue constitutional republic Asuncion 5/14/1811 cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava cyucca, fruits, vegetables electricity, soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, ebidble, oils gudran

16 Chile southern South America 756,95 temperate, dessert in North and cool and damp in the south 547 wool, mechanics, fish, minerals 14,, Muslim, catholic, Black, Hispanic Muslim Spanish Republic Santiago 9/15/1981 Copper, fish, metals and minerals mineral and copper products nuevo

17 Venezuela Northern S. America 912,5 Tropical, Humid 5,7 Petroleum, iron ore, gold, bauxite, hydro power, diamonds, natural gas, & other minerals 23,916,81 Spanish, Italian, Porteguse, Arab, German, & Africa Roman Catholic 96% Spanish Fedral Republic Caracas 7/5/1811 Corn, pork, milk, eggs, fish, rice, beef, coffee, sugar cane, sorghum, bannanas, & veggies steel, petroleum, bauxite, aluminum, chemicals, Bolivar (VEB)

18 Bolivia Central South America,southwest of brazil 1,98,58 varies with altitude,humid and tropical to cold and semiarid 9 6,542 tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver,iron lead, gold, timber, hydropower 8,3,463 Quiche 3%,Aymara25%,Maestro(mixed white and Amerindian ancestry)3%,white15% Roman catholic 95%, Protestant(Evangelical Spanish(official), Quiche, Methodist) AIMA Republic Lipase 8/6/1825 Soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, timber Soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood Bolivia(BOB)

19 Colombia Northern South America, Bordering the 1,138,91 Caribbean sea Tropical along coast and eastern plains cooler in highlands 5,775 petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower 4,349,38 Maestro 58%, White 2%, Mulatto 14%, Black 4%, mixed Black and Amenidie3%, Ammonoid 1% Roman Catholic Spanish republic, executive, branch dominates Bogota government structure 7/2/181 coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, Tabasco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oil seed, vegetables, forest products, shrimp petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel Colombian Peso

20 Peru South America, between Chile and Ecuador 1,285,22 Tropical,Dry Desert, Temperate 6,768 Copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate potash, hydropower 27,483,864 Amerindian 45%, Maestro 37%, White 15%, Black, Japanese, Chinese, and Other 3% Roman Catholic 9% Spanish, Quechun, AIMA Constitutional republic Lima 7/28/1821 Coffee, Cotton,Sugar cane, Rice, Wheat, Potatoes,Plantains,Coca Poultry, Beef, Dairy products, Wool, Fish Fish & Fish products, copper, zinc, gold, crude petroleum & byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, & cotton Knave Solo (pen)

21 Mexico Central America 1, 972, 55 Varies from tropical to desert. 1 5, 7 Petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber. 11, 879, 171 Mestizo-6%, Amerindian-3%, White-9%, other-1%. Roman Catholic 89% Spanish Federal republic Mexico City Corn, wheat, soy beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes, beef poultry, dairy prouducts, wood. Manufactered goods, oil products, silver, fruits, vegetable. Mexican peso

22 Argentina Southern South America 2,766,89 Mostly temperate; arid southeast; subtartic in southwest -4 6,96 Fertile plains of the Pampas, lead, zinc, copper, iron, ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium 37,384,816 White(mostly Spanish and Italian) 97% mestizo, Amerindian, other 4% Roman Catholic 92% ( less than 2% Spanish practicing) ( official) Protestant Engish, Italian, 2%, German, republic French Buenos Aires 7/9/1816 Sunflower seeds, lemons, soy beans, graphes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock Edible oils, fuels and energy, cerals, feed, motor vehicles Argentina Peso ( ARS)

23 Brazil South America 8,511,965 mostly tropical, but temperate in the south 3,14 bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber 174,468,575 white 55%, mixed 38%, black 6%, other 1% Roman Catholic 8% Portuguese, Spanish, English, French federate republic Brasilia 9/7/1822 coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, cirrus, beef manufactures, iron ore, soybeans, footwear real

24 Canada Northern America 9,976,14 Mostly cold throughout Winter, and Summer. 5,959 Iran ore, nickel, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Potash, Silver, Fish. 31,592,85 British 28%, French 23%, European 15%, Asian, African. Roman Catholic, Protestant. English, French, Other. Parliamentary Democracy Ottawa 7/1/1867 Wheat, Barley, Oilseed, Tobacco, Fruits, Vegetables, Fish. Motor Vehicles, newsprint, timber, crude oil, Aluminum. Canadian dollar

25 Haiti between the Caribbean sea and the north 27,75 Atlantic ocean tropical, semiarid the mountains and east cut off trade winds 2,68 bauxite, copper, calcium, carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower 6,964,549 black 95%, mulatto and white 5% Rome, Celtic, Protestant, Baptist, Pentecostal, French, Creole Adventist elected government Port-au-Prince 1/1/184 coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, wood manufactures, coffee, oil, mangoes gourde

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