[eDebate] Need Support for the Latin America Topic Paper

[james herndon III]

In response to questions about what the distinctions between Latin America 
/South America are - I thought I'd figure it out for myself.  Sounded like a 
good respit from thesis work.


These websites seem to suggest that Latin America is a much more expanisve 
geographical area - of which SOUTH AMERICA is a subset.

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ittmig2002/locations/MajorAreaFrame.htm

http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/


South America is a continent - which includes the following 13 countries 
[and their capitals]. as per
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_continent

Argentina - Buenos Aires
Bolivia - La Paz, Sucre
Brazil (Brasil) - Brasilia
Chile - Santiago
Colombia - Bogota
Ecuador - Quito
French Guiana - Cayenne (part of France)
Guyana - Georgetown
Paraguay - Asuncion
Peru - Lima
Suriname - Paramaribo
Uruguay - Montevideo
Venezuela - Caracas


LATIN AMERICA seems to add the following countries --
as per http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/

CARRIBEAN COUNTRIES
Antigua & Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Virgin Islands


CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama

NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Mexico


A south america topic would certainly be a more limited topic in terms of 
countries/geographic area.  BUT, it would be a subset of a subset - which is 
never ever a good thing.

ALTHOUGH - An FTA to St. Vincent and the Grenadines would probably be a 
sweet aff.  [watch out for the grenadines pic though]


James H Herndon 3

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