Ibero-America

Ibero-America (Spanish: Iberoamérica, Portuguese: Ibero-América) or Iberian America is generally considered to be the region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages (usually former territories of Spain or Portugal). Spain and Portugal are themselves sometimes included in some Ibero-American diplomatic circles, such as 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 Latin Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the Latin Grammy Awards, also includes Spain and Portugal as well as the Latino population of Canada and the United States in their definition of Ibero-America.^[3]

Ibero-America

The prefix Ibero- and the adjective Iberian refer to the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, which includes Portugal and Spain. Ibero-America includes all Hispanic American countries in North, Central, and South America plus the Hispanophone Caribbean, as well as Portuguese-speaking Brazil. Ibero-America makes up the overwhelming bulk of and is synonymous with the common definition of Latin America, but is differentiated from the expanded definition of Latin America by the exclusion of the French-speaking country of Haiti, the French overseas departments of French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the French collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, which are sometimes included in a few definitions of Latin America. Belize and Guyana, whose official language is English, and Dutch-speaking Suriname, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten are usually not considered to be either Ibero-American or Latin American.

Since 1991, the Iberoamerican Community of Nations organizes a yearly Ibero-American Summit meeting of the heads of state and governments of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain, Portugal and Andorra,^[4][5] this has since changed to biannually from 2014.

Countries and population in Ibero-America

Countries and territories of Ibero-America. In yellow is the Spanish-speaking area and in green is the Portuguese-speaking area of the Americas.

• Spanish-speaking: (430,567,462 speakers)

Argentina: 47,327,407

Bolivia: 12,186,079

Chile: 19,629,588

Colombia: 52,085,170

Costa Rica: 5,044,197

Cuba: 11,089,511

Dominican Republic: 11,434,005

Ecuador: 17,483,326

El Salvador: 6,602,370

Guatemala: 17,980,803

Honduras: 9,571,352

Mexico: 129,875,529

Nicaragua: 6,359,689

Panama: 4,337,768

Paraguay: 6,218,879

Peru: 34,352,720

Puerto Rico (U.S. Commonwealth): 9,110,869 (Puerto Rico & Mainland United States)

Uruguay: 3,444,263

Venezuela: 30,518,260

• Portuguese-speaking: (227,661,177 speakers)

Brazil: 203,062,512

See also

• Iberian Peninsula
• Hispanic America
• Latin Recording Academy
• Organization of Ibero-American States
• Organización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica (OTI)
• Spanish colonization of the Americas
• Portuguese colonization of the Americas
• Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

References

1. Presentación, Acerca de la OEI, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
2. Países Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
3. Abaroa, Gabriel (2019). "The First Twenty Years". 20a Entrega Anual del Latin Grammy. The Latin Recording Academy: 6. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
4. Ibero-American Summit Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, Foreign Office, Republic of Brazil. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
5. pp. 312–313, Spain: Democracy Regained, Ergasto Ramón Arango, Spain: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-2915-9.

External links

• Official website of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) (in Spanish)
• Official website of Ibero-America's Secretariat General (SEGIB) (in Spanish)
• Official website of the Organization of Ibero-American Youth (OIJ) (in Spanish)
• Digital history of Ibero-America from the 14th to the 18th century (in Spanish)
• La Insignia, news about Ibero-America (in Spanish)
• Pensar Iberoamerica, cultural magazine about Ibero-America (in Spanish)
• Official website of El Ojo de Iberoamerica, one of the most important festivals devoted to Ibero-America (in Spanish)