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一拉丁美洲的基本情况拉丁美洲是指北自墨西哥北部边境的格兰德河、南至阿根廷南端的合恩角的广大区域.就地理区划而言,它包括北美洲的一部分、中美洲、加勒比海群岛以及南美洲等四个部分.全部面积约近二千一百万平方公里;人口有一亿九千万左右.这个地区共有二十个国家:即属于北美洲的墨西哥;在中美洲的危地马拉、洪都拉斯、萨尔瓦多、尼加拉瓜、哥斯达黎加和巴拿马;在加勒比海群岛的古巴、海地和多米尼加;在南美洲的哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁、智利、委内瑞拉、巴西、乌拉圭、阿根廷、玻利维亚和巴拉圭.此外,还有一些殖民地,其中处在英国统治下的,除今年1月取得自治地位的西印度联邦而外,有英属洪都拉斯、英属圭亚那、英属维尔京群岛、百慕大群岛、巴哈马群岛和福克兰群岛;在美国统治下的是波多黎各、巴拿马运河区和美属维尔京群岛;在法国统治下的是法属圭亚那、瓜德罗普岛和马提尼克岛;在荷兰统治下的是荷属西印度群岛和苏利南(荷属圭亚那).
A BASIC SITUATION IN LATIN AMERICA Latin America refers to the Grand River north of Mexico’s northern border and to the wide area of Cape Horn in the south of Argentina to the south, which includes a part of North America in Central America, the Caribbean The Sea Islands and South America, all with an area of about 21 million square kilometers and a population of about 190 million. There are 20 countries in this region: Mexico, which belongs to North America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; Cuba, Haiti and Dominica in the Caribbean archipelago; Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay in South America. There are colonies of which, under British rule, are British Honduras, British Guiana, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Falkland Islands, except for the West Indies, which achieved autonomy in January this year. Under the United States are Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal area and the United States Virgin Québec Islands; French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique under French rule; Dutch West Indies and Suriname (Dutch Guyana) under Dutch rule.