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Our Countries of Origin
United States of America
The US remains the world's most powerful Democratic nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
The United States is the world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India). The U.S. borders both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico.
Argentina
Second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); diverse geophysical landscapes range from tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far southern hemisphere.
Bolivia
Bolivia, named after independence fighter SIMON BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825. Shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru.
Chile
Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians (also known as Mapuches) inhabited central and southern Chile. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818.
Colombia
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). The only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Costa Rica
In1838 Costa Rica proclaimed its sovereignty and independence. Costa Rica borders both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama.
Cuba
Treaty of Paris established Cuban independence, which was granted in 1902. Cuba is the largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater Antilles just 90 miles from the U.S.
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo as we know it attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. It shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. The Domician Republic lies between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
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Ecuador
What is now Ecuador formed part of the northern Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533. Quito became a seat of Spanish colonial government in 1563 and part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717. The territories of the Viceroyalty - New Granada (Colombia), Venezuela, and Quito - gained their independence between 1819 and 1822 and formed a federation known as Gran Colombia. When Quito withdrew in 1830, the traditional name was changed in favor of the "Republic of the Equator."
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El Savaldor
El Salvador achieved its independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. El Salvador is the smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline El Savaldor
Guatamala
The Mayan civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821.Guatamala, borders the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize.
Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821.Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Mexico
The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US.
Nicaragua
The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades
Panama
Explored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain in 1821 and joined a union of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador - named the Republic of Gran Colombia. The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914.
Paraquay
Paraguay is the only landlocked country in South America. Paraguay lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil; population concentrated in southern part of country.
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Peru
Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821. Peru borders the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador.
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Puerto Rico
Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following COLUMBUS' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous (Taino)population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917. In 1952 it was made a commonwealth of the USA, giving it the official name of Estado Libre Asociado de PR, or "Free Associated State of PR." As it is known today.
Spain
Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries included all the countries that represent LATINO PRIDE today. Without Spain we would not be here to day...
Uruquay
Uruguay declared its independence four years later and secured its freedom in 1828 from Brazil which had annexed it 1821.Uruguay borders the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil.
Venezuela
Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). Venezuela borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia.
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Barbados
The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.
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Haiti
In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola, and in 1697, Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island, which later became Haiti. Haiti became the first black republic to declare its independence in 1804.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 146 miles in length and as much as 50miles in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 385 miles northeast of the Central American, 90 miles south of Cuba, and 120 miles west of the island of Hispaniola. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs".[1] Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it later became the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica. It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada.
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