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May 7, 2024 · The Americas can be roughly divided into two major cultural regions: Latin America, which includes North America south of the Rio Grande, the islands of the West Indies, and all of South America; and Anglo-America, which includes Canada and the United States. The term Middle America is sometimes used to designate Mexico, Central America, and ...
6 days ago · The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with their associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area.
2 days ago · Legal No new trial for convicted Honduras ex-president in US drug case May 9, 2024. Americas Panama Papers law firm co-founder Ramon Fonseca dies in hospital, lawyer says May 9, 2024. United ...
May 3, 2024 · South America, fourth largest of the world’s continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere , or simply the Americas. The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape, being broad in the north and tapering to a point— Cape Horn , Chile —in the south.
3 days ago · North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas. Mainland North America is shaped roughly like a triangle, with its base in the north and its apex in the south; associated with the continent is Greenland, the largest island in the world, and such ...
4 days ago · Teamsters Canada Says Strikes at Railroads Could Begin May 22. The union representing over 9,000 workers at Canada’s two biggest railroads said nearly all of its members voted in favor of going ...
3 days ago · Latin America [c] is a collective region of the Americas where Romance languages —languages derived from Latin —are predominantly spoken. [4] The term was coined in France in the mid-19th century to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese, and French empires.
