Music
This reggaetonero is from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny
These fried dough sticks dusted with cinnamon sugar are often dipped in thick hot chocolate.
Churros
This is the capital of Peru.
Lima
This Dominican slugger, nicknamed “Big Papi,” was a longtime star for the Boston Red Sox.
David Ortiz
This country’s flag shows an eagle perched on a cactus, holding a snake in its beak.
Mexico
Cumbia, now popular across Latin America, originated on the Caribbean coast of this country.
Colombia
This dish is raw fish “cooked” in citrus juice.
Ceviche
This country has more Spanish speakers than any other, at roughly 130 million.
Mexico
Brazil has won this many men’s World Cups, the most of any country.
Five
This country’s flag has a green field, a yellow diamond, and a blue globe with the words “Ordem e Progresso.”
Brazil
This Argentine producer holds the record for some of the most-watched musical freestyle sessions on YouTube, collaborating with everyone from Snow Tha Product to Quevedo.
Bizarrap
This Puerto Rican dish is made of fried plantains mashed with garlic and pork cracklings.
Mofongo
This Caribbean island is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Hispaniola
This 1986 World Cup quarterfinal moment featured Maradona’s “Hand of God.”
Argentina vs. England
Named directly after the geographic line that splits the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
Ecuador
This former Disney Channel star and pop singer proudly embraced her Mexican heritage by releasing the Spanish-language EP Revelación in 2021.
Selena Gomez
Native to the Andes, this vegetable has thousands of varieties, and Spanish explorers brought it to Europe in the 1500s.
Potato
Rapa Nui, famous for its giant moai statues, is better known by this English name and belongs to this country.
In 2023, this Venezuelan Braves star became the first player in MLB history with 40 home runs and 70 stolen bases in a season.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
This landlocked South American country shares a massive high-altitude lake with Peru and features the famous, mirror-like Uyuni Salt Flats.
Bolivia
The 1998 Buena Vista Social Club documentary and album revived the traditional music of this country.
Cuba
This tiny, black seed pod comes from a climbing orchid native to Mexico and was originally used by the Aztecs to flavor their royal chocolate drinks.
Vanilla
Brazil shares a border with every South American country except these two.
Chile and Ecuador
This small Dutch Caribbean island became the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for a World Cup, in 2026.
Curaçao
Its flag’s emblem shows a rainbow over five volcanoes inside a triangle. Managua is its capital.
Nicaragua