Ibero-America
Ibero-America (Spanish: Iberoamérica, Portuguese: Ibero-América) or Iberian America is a region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages, usually former territories of Portugal and Spain. Portugal and Spain are themselves included in some definitions, such as that of the Ibero-American Summit and the Organization of Ibero-American States. The Organization of Ibero-American States also includes Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa,[1][2] but not the Portuguese-speaking African countries.
The prefix Ibero- and the adjective Iberian refer to the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, which include Portugal and Spain. Ibero-America includes all Spanish-speaking countries in North, Central, and South America, plus the Portuguese-speaking country of Brazil. The exclusion of the French-speaking country of Haiti, Quebec, the French overseas departments of French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the French collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy differentiates Ibero-America from Latin America.
Since 1991, the Iberoamerican Community of Nations has organized a yearly Ibero-American Summit meeting of the heads of state and government of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain, Portugal and Andorra.[3][4]
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Countries and population in Europe and the Americas[edit]
- Spanish-speaking: (430,567,462 speakers)
Argentina 42,669,500
Bolivia 10,556,102
Chile 17,772,871
Colombia 47,425,437
Costa Rica 4,586,353
Cuba 11,167,325
Dominican Republic 9,445,281
Ecuador 15,223,680
El Salvador 6,134,000
Guatemala 15,806,675
Honduras 8,249,574
Mexico 118,395,054
Nicaragua 6,071,045
Panama 3,608,431
Paraguay 6,800,284
Peru 30,814,175
Puerto Rico 3,667,084
Spain 46,704,314
Uruguay 3,324,460
Venezuela 28,946,101
- Portuguese-speaking: (211,520,003 speakers)
See also[edit]
- Hispanic America
- Latin America
- Latin American integration
- Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
- List of current heads of state and government of Ibero-America
- Organization of Ibero-American States
- Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI)
- Portuguese colonization of the Americas
- Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
- Spanish colonization of the Americas
References[edit]
- ^ Presentación, Acerca de la OEI, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
- ^ Países, Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
- ^ Ibero-American Summit, Foreign Office, Republic of Brazil. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
- ^ pp. 312–313, Spain: Democracy Regained, Ergasto Ramón Arango, Spain: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-2915-9.
External links[edit]
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- (Spanish) Official Web-site for the Organization of Ibero-American States OEI
- (Spanish) Ibero-America's Secretariat General Official Web-site (SEGIB)
- (Spanish) Official Web-site for the Organization of Ibero-American Youth (OIJ)
- (Spanish) Digital History of Ibero-America from the 14th to the 18th century
- (Spanish) Digital News about Ibero-America (La Insignia)
- (Spanish) Cultural Magazine about Ibero-America (Pensar Iberoamerica)
- (Spanish) Official Web-site for one of the most important festivals devoted to Ibero-America (El Ojo de Iberoamerica)