Ibero-America

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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 or 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, but not the Portuguese-speaking African countries.

The prefix Ibero- and the adjective Iberian refer to the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, which includes Portugal and Spain. Ibero-America includes all Spanish-speaking countries in North, Central, and South America, plus the Portuguese-speaking country of Brazil. Ibero-America is differentiated from 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.

Since 1991, the Iberoamerican Community of Nations has organized a yearly Ibero-American Summit meeting of the heads of state and governments of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain, Portugal and Andorra.

Countries and population in Europe and the Americas

• 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)

Brazil 201,032,714

Portugal 10,487,289

See also

• 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

External links

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

• 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.