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SPANISH AMERICA
Ibero-America (also "Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Commonwealth of Independent States") is a term which started to be use in the second half of the 19th century to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas which were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal. Spain and Portugal are themselves included, for example the Organization of Ibero-American States has them as member states.
Ibero- is a prefix which denotes the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, consisting of Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar. Ibero-America is formed by all Spanish-speaking countries in America in addition to Portuguese-speaking Brazil.
Since the 1990s these countries, urged by King Juan Carlos of Spain, have begun to coordinate their efforts through summits held every two years.
Countries and Population
- Spanish-speaking : (Over 400 million speakers)
 Argentina 38,747,000 Bolivia 9,182,000 Chile 16,295,000 Colombia 45,600,000 Costa Rica 4,401,000 Cuba 11,269,000 Dominican Republic 8,895,000 Ecuador 13,228,000 El Salvador 6,881,000 Honduras 7,205,000 Guatemala 12,599,000 Mexico 107,029,000 Nicaragua 5,487,000 Panama 3,232,000 Paraguay 6,158,000 Peru 27,968,000 Puerto Rico (US) 3,955,000 Spain 43,064,000 Uruguay 3,463,000 Venezuela 26,749,000
- Portuguese-speaking : (About 200 million speakers)
 Brazil 186,405,000 Portugal 10,495,000
Latin America
"Ibero-America" should not be confused with "Latin America", which incoporates much of Ibero-America, but not the French speaking countries Haiti, French Guyana, Martinique and Guadeloupe, nor the Iberian countries themselves.
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