It includes more than 20 countries or territories: Mexico in North America; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America; Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay in South America; and Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and …

The Dominican Republic The island country is located in the Caribbean Sea, though it is still considered a Latin American country. After Cuba, the Dominican Republic is the Caribbean’s second-largest island country.

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:

In common parlance ‘Latin America and the Caribbean’ is used to refer to all countries in Central America and in the South American continent. Over 7,000 islands make up the Caribbean region. The Caribbean Sea is spread over 1,063,000 square miles (approximately 2,753,000 square kilometers).

Because the *Latin* in Latin America refers to the Latin group of languages, which are Spanish, Portugese , French and Italian but the Latin in this case refers to the Iberian Latin languages only, so French Guyana does not get included in the group, neither does Suriname, which is Dutch speaking, the other Guyana is …

The causes of poverty in Suriname began with Dutch colonization and continue to suffer from structural shortcomings and poor governance, as is common with many postcolonial nations in the global South. Suriname and the Netherlands maintain a strained relationship after Desi Bouterse’s military government rose to power.

The population of Guyana is roughly split 50–50 between the descendants of African slaves and Indian indentured labour. As a former British colony there is nothing Hispanic, Latino or Latina about them at all!

Suriname is, mainly, a safe place to travel to. Most of the tourists traveling here have no problems or other extraordinary events; however, you should be on your toes at all times, because armed robbery, violent crime, and burglary often occur in Suriname.

Statistically Suriname is safe, and like many countries the biggest risk is opportunistic petty theft. Locals often warned us about pickpockets and people forcing services on us for ‘tips’.

Suriname has one of the lowest GDPs in South America. Suriname’s cost of living is 70 percent cheaper than in the United States. People in Suriname pay 3.3 percent less for groceries, 58.6 percent less for entertainment and sports, and 82.7 percent less for housing.

Ethnic groups Creoles, who in Suriname are people of mainly African descent, constitute between one-tenth and one-fifth of the population. The descendants of Javanese (people from the island of Java in Indonesia) contract labourers and people of mixed ethnicity each make up almost one-seventh of the population.

Afro-Surinamese people are the inhabitants of Suriname of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. They are descended from enslaved people brought to work on sugar plantations. Many of them escaped the plantations and formed independent settlements together, becoming known as Maroons and Bushinengue.

Afro-Surinamese form about 37% of the population, and are usually divided into two groups: the Creoles (15.7%), descendants of enslaved Africans who also have some admixture from the European colonists (mostly Dutch); and Maroons (21.7%), descendants of enslaved Africans who managed to escape and set up a living in the …

Ethnic Composition Of The Population Of Suriname

White Surinamese or European Surinamese are Surinamese people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe. As of 2013, people of solely European descent are a small minority in Suriname, accounting for only 5,700 people or 1% of the country’s population.

Even though they are located on the South American continent, Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana are countries and territories that are not considered part of Latin America. To be more specific, if you are from Suriname, Guyana, or French Guiana, then you are a South American but not Latino, or Latin American.

Suriname’s biggest city is the capital city Paramaribo. Over 90% of the country is covered by tropical rain forest. The country’s name ‘Suriname’ derives from the Surinen people who lived in the area in the 16th century. Suriname is known for its Dutch sugar plantations.

Pom is considered to be the national dish of Suriname.

While Suriname has an Atlantic coastline, the country lacks the kind of beaches that lure travelers to the Caribbean. Instead, visitors often head inland for swimming, fishing, hiking and bird-watching, traveling along relatively well-maintained roads equipped with drempels (speed bumps).