What makes up Latin America?

Latin America

, refers to the countries of America that speak

romance languages

, languages derived from latin. So it includes all countries that speak Portuguese, Spanish and French. Actually even though technically French is a latin language those countries usually are not considered Latin American since they're so different in terms of languare, culture, history, races, economy, etc, that it makes no sence to group them with the rest. That's why the term Iberian American would be the ideal. There are 20

countries in Latin America

:

Brazil

Uruguay

Argentina

Chile

Paraguay

Bolivia

Peru

Ecuador

Colombia

Venezuela

Panama

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Honduras

El Salvador

Guatemala

Mexico

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico (which is not an independent country)