Sadly, many Indigenous languages are endangered. According to the United Nations, “Conservative estimates suggest that more than half of the world’s languages will become extinct by 2100.” The following information comes from the CIA. Country Languages Spoken Argentina Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua) Belize English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, …
The trend in many of these Latino American countries is for more individuals to self-identify as white and for fewer to identify as indigenous or black. These countries conduct a census at varying times, hence the difference in dates. This data is from the CIA. Country Ethnic Groups (%) Argentina European (mostly Spanish and Italian …
Most of these countries are democracies. Of note, those that are not democracies have not had a great relationship with the U.S. Aside from Bolivia, all leaders are male. Argentina: Presidential Republic, President Mauricio MacriBelize: parliamentary democracy (National Assembly) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm. Government General: Colville Norbert Young, Sr.Bolivia: Presidential Republic. Interim …
Notice the disparity among countries. This information comes from the CIA. Countries conduct a census at different times, hence the difference in dates. Country Literacy (%) Argentina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 98.9% female: 99.1% (2018) Belize definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 94.1%male: 94.1%female: 94.1% (2003 …
Latin American Independence Days Celebrate one, celebrate them all. Notice that Cinco de Mayois not on the list and is not an Independence day for any LatinAmerican country. Country Independence Argentina 9 July 1816 (from Spain) Belize 21 September 1981 (from UK) Bolivia 6 August 1825 (from Spain) Brazil 7 September 1822 (from Portugal) Chile 18 …
