South America - TV Tropes

One of the two continents composing the Americas, and the southern of the two. Known as the home of many top Football teams and players, as well as the origin of many popular fruits and vegetables worldwide like cashews, pineapples, potatoes and tomatoes, South America is composed of 12 countries, the majority of them being Spanish speaking countries (with the exceptions of Brazil, Guyana and Suriname, who speak Portuguese, English and Dutch, respectively), but with many different and unique cultures, and 3 dependencies. It was also the home of the Incas. The continent (except for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Guyana and Suriname) is sometimes merged with Mexico, the Spanish and French speaking countries of the Caribbean and Central America (except Belize) as Latin America, and is sometimes merged with North America as The Americas, primarily in countries that speak the romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese) and Greece, although the claim of "America" being a whole continent is not scientifically supported, as North and South America lie on different tectonic plates.

Countries

Yellow: Eastern South America, brown: Southern Cone, purple: Andean States, red: The Guianas

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

The Guianas

• Guyana

Capital & Largest City: Georgetown

• Suriname

Capital & Largest City: Paramaribo

Dependencies

Southern Cone

• The Falkland Islands (De facto belongs to the United Kingdom, claimed by Argentina)

Capital & Largest Settlement: Stanley

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (De facto belongs to the United Kingdom, claimed by Argentina)

Capital & Largest Settlement: King Edward Point

The Guianas

• French Guiana (Belongs to France)

Prefecture & Largest City: Cayenne

Defunct countries, states, and other entities

• Brazilian Military Regime
• The Empire of Brazil
• National Reorganization Process (Argentine military junta)

Useful Notes and other articles related to South Americans and South American culture

South America in General

• The Amazon Rainforest
• Andean Music
• Association Football
  • Copa Libertadores
  • Football Hooligans
  • Footy Rules
  • The World Cup
• The Balmis Expedition
• Bossa Nova
• The Cartel
• Chill Capybara
• Cold War
  • History of the Cold War
• Developing Nations Lack Cities
• El Spanish "-o"
• Forces with Firepower
  • Argentines with Armored Vehicles (Argentinian military)
  • Bolivarians with BMPs (Venezuelan military)
  • Brazilians with Bazookas (Brazilian military)
• Gaita Zuliana
• History of Naval Warfare
• Hungry Jungle
• Jungle Warfare
• Latin America
  • Latin American Literature
• Latin Land
• Latin Lover
• Macho Latino
• Mayincatec
  • Modern Mayincatec Empire
• Monstrous Seal
• Overly Long Name
• Panthera Awesome
• Piranha Problem
• Pre-Columbian Civilizations
• Psycho Electric Eel
• Samba
• Sluggish Seal
• Smelly Skunk
• Spanish American Wars of Independence
• Spanish Language
  • Gratuitous Spanish
  • Spanish Accents and Dialects
  • Spanish Dubbing
  • Spanish Naming Conventions
• Spanish Literature
• Spicy Latina
• Sweet Seal
• Tainted Tobacco
• Tango
• Telenovela
• Tropical Epilogue
• Western Animation
• Western Terrorists

Eastern South America

See Brazil for everything solely related to Brazil

• Brazilian Folklore
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires
• Capoeira
• The Dutch-Portuguese War
• .io Game
• Portuguese Language
• Tupi-Guarani Mythology

Southern Cone

See Argentina for everything solely related to Argentina

• Argentina Is Nazi Land
• Argentine Civil War
• Battle Bolas
• British Invasions of the Río de la Plata
• Carbuncle Creature
• The Chaco War
• The Falklands War
• Gaucho
• Our Perytons Are Different
• The Pampas
• War of the Triple Alliance
• Wintry Auroral Sky

Andean States

See Colombia, Peru and Venezuela for everything solely related to those countries

• Bolivian Army Cliffhanger
• The Chincha Islands War
• City of Gold
• Inca Mythology
• Lima Syndrome
• Pano Mythology
• Shrunken Head
• Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire
• War of the Confederation
• War of Jenkins' Ear
• War of the Pacific

The Guianas

See Guyana for everything solely related to Guyana

• Drinking the Kool-Aid

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