Latin America - TV Tropes

Useful Notes on those places that are in the more Latin-influenced parts of the Americas.

Latin America is a name that has gained prominence in the 19th century thanks to the French, who were the first to propose the term. As its name implies, it is the part of the Americas that is mostly influenced by the countries of Latin heritage (Spain, Portugal and France); however, in culture, only some parts of the Francophone (particularly those in the Caribbean) would be considered Latin, while the others like Canada are more Anglo influenced.

As a whole, Latin America englobes most of the eponymous continent from Mexico to Argentina, with the exceptions of Belize, Guyana and Suriname, which are primarily Indo-Caribbean in culture. Historically, it was influenced by Catholicism, which in many of the countries has been designed the primary religion (but not state-endorsed), although Evangelicalism has recently gained considerable popularity.

The term itself has provoked some problems regarding the usage of the name Latin or Latino, given that these terms are also used commonly to refer to the people born in Latin America, although they originally meant someone born in Lazio^note , Italy.

Countries

North America

Northern America

• Mexico (Official Name: The United Mexican States)

The Caribbean

• Cuba

Capital & Largest City: Havana

• Dominican Republic

Capital & Largest City: Santo Domingo

• Haiti

Capital & Largest City: Port-au-Prince

Central America

• Costa Rica

Capital & Largest City: San José

• El Salvador

Capital & Largest City: San Salvador

• Guatemala

Capital & Largest City: Guatemala City

• Honduras

Capital & Largest City: Tegucigalpa

• Nicaragua

Capital & Largest city: Managua

• Panama

Capital & Largest City: Panama City

South America

Eastern South America

• Brazil

Capital: Brasília

Southern Cone

• Argentina

Capital & Largest City: Buenos Aires

• Chile

• Paraguay

Capital & Largest City: Asunción

• Uruguay

Capital & Largest City: Montevideo

Andean States

• Bolivia

Capitals: Sucre (constitutional and judicial), La Paz (executive and legislative)

Largest City: Santa Cruz de la Sierra

• Colombia

Capital & Largest City: Bogotá

• Ecuador

Capital & Largest City: Quito

• Peru

Capital & Largest City: Lima

• Venezuela

Capital & Largest City: Caracas

Dependencies

North America

Caribbean

• Guadeloupe (administered by France)

Prefecture: Basse-Terre

Largest City: Pointe-à-Pitre

• Martinique (administered by France)

Prefecture & Largest City: Fort-de-France

• Puerto Rico (administered by the United States)

Capital & Largest City: San Juan

• Saint Barthélemy (administered by France)

Capital & Largest City: Gustavia

• Saint Martin (administered by France)

Capital & Largest City: Marigot

South America

The Guianas

• French Guiana (administered by France)

Prefecture & Largest City: Cayenne

See also

• ALMA Award (award presented annually for the Latin/Hispanic-American community for films and television)
• The Amazon Rainforest
• Andean Music
• Argentina Is Nazi Land
• Argentine Civil War
• Argentines with Armored Vehicles (Argentinian military)
• Association Football
  • Copa Libertadores
  • Football Hooligans
  • Footy Rules
  • The World Cup
• Aztec Mythology
• The Balmis Expedition
• Banana Republic
• Bandito
• Battle Bolas
• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Bolivarians with BMPs (Venezuelan military)
• Bolivian Army Cliffhanger
• Borrowin' Samedi
• Bossa Nova
• Brazilian Folklore
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Brazilian Military Regime
• Brazilians with Bazookas (Brazilian military)
• British Invasions of the Río de la Plata
• Calacas
• The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires (for inaccurate portrayals of Brazil in fiction)
• Capoeira
• Carbuncle Creature
• The Cartel
• The Chaco War
• The Chincha Islands War
• Chocolate of Romance
• Cinco de Mayo
• City of Gold
• Cold War
  • History of the Cold War
• Developing Nations Lack Cities
• The Dutch-Portuguese War
• El Spanish "-o"
• The Empire of Brazil
• Feathered Serpent
• The Football War
• French Language
• Gaucho
• The Generalissimo
• Girls Love Chocolate
• Gratuitous Foreign Language
  • Gratuitous French
  • Gratuitous Spanish
• Gratuitous Mariachi Band
• Hungry Jungle
• The Illegal
• Inca Mythology
• .io Game
• It's Cuban
• Jungle Warfare
• Latin American Literature
• Latin Land
• Latin Lover
• Latino-American Creators
• Latino-American Media (media that focuses on Americans of Latin American descent)
• Lazy Mexican
• Lima Syndrome
• Lost in the Maize
• Machete Mayhem
• Macho Latino
• Magnificent Moustaches of Mexico
• Mars Wants Chocolate
• Masked Luchador
• Mayan Doomsday
• Mayan Mythology
• Mayincatec
  • Modern Mayincatec Empire
• Mexican-American War
• Mexican Americans
• Mexican Food
• The Mexican Revolution
• Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales
• Mexicans with Machine Guns (Mexican military)
• Monstrous Seal
• National Reorganization Process
• Our Alebrijes Are Different
• Our Perytons Are Different
• Our Zombies Are Different
  • Artificial Zombie
  • Attractive Zombie
  • Dead Weight
  • Elite Zombie
  • Episode of the Dead
  • Everything's Deader with Zombies
  • Flesh-Eating Zombie
  • Friendly Zombie
  • Incongruously-Dressed Zombie
  • No Zombie Cannibals
  • Not a Zombie
  • Not Using the "Z" Word
  • Plague Zombie
  • Possessing a Dead Body
  • Raising the Steaks
  • Revenant Zombie
  • Room Full of Zombies
  • Technically Living Zombie
  • Voodoo Zombie
  • Zombie Apocalypse
  • Zombie Gait
  • Zombie Infectee
  • Zombie Puke Attack
• Overly Long Name
• The Pampas
• Panamanians with Planes (Panamanian Public Forces)
• Pano Mythology
• Panthera Awesome
• Piranha Problem
• Popcorn on the Cob
• Portuguese Language
• Pre-Columbian Civilizations
• Psycho Electric Eel
• Pyramid Power
• Rascally Raccoon
• Revolutionaries with Russian RPDs (Cuban military)
• The Salvadoran Civil War
• Samba
• Shrunken Head
• Sluggish Seal
• Smelly Skunk
• Sombrero Equals Mexican
• Spanish-American War
• Spanish American Wars of Independence
• Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
• Spanish Conquest of the Maya
• Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire
• Spanish Conquest of the Philippines (performed by a majority of ethnically Mexican settlers)
• Spanish Literature
• Spanish Language
  • Spanish Accents and Dialects
  • Spanish Dubbing
  • Spanish Naming Conventions
• Spicy Latina
• Sweet Seal
• Taíno Mythology
• Tainted Tobacco
• Tango
• Telenovela
• Those Wily Coyotes
• Tropical Epilogue
• Tupi-Guarani Mythology
• Voudoun
  • Hollywood Voodoo
• War of the Confederation
• War of Jenkins' Ear
• War of the Pacific
• War of the Triple Alliance
• Western Animation
• Western Terrorists

Latin America in fiction:

• Cyclic National Fascination: When the continent started importing Asian soap operas (mainly Korean, Indian, and, several years later, Turkish) around the mid-2010s up to 2020s, its population became very fixated on said Asian cultures. Kind of a huge, real-life Addictive Foreign Soap Opera fever. It was coupled with the rise of popularity of Anime and K-pop in the region.
• In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the whole place is (allegedly) under the rule of Oceania.

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