Puerto Rico, The Island of Enchantment
Known as the cultural symbol of the island of Puerto Rico, THIS tiny frog can be regularly heard at night making the same sound as its name.
What is the Coqui Frog?
Until its dethroning in 2020 by none other than "Baby Shark", THIS chart-topping Latin Pop song was the most watched YouTube video of all time, featuring Daddy Yankee & Luis Fonsi, and a camera slowly panning over San Juan.
What is "Despacito"?
At 6,768 meters (22,205 feet) high, Huascarán is the highest peak in THIS country, the third largest in South America.
What is Peru?
"They like to be in America!" Ariana DeBose made Oscar history by being the second Latina to win an acting Oscar for West Side Story, which also starred THIS Puerto Rican EGOT winner, who was the first Latina to win for the same role in 1962.
Who is Rita Moreno?
THESE indigenous people populated much of the Caribbean prior to European invasion and are responsible for words such as "canoe" and "hammock."
Who are the Taíno?
With works such as Fefu and Her Friends and Mud, Cuban-American María Irene Fornés won 9 Obie Awards, which recognize excellence in THIS art form, throughout her storied career.
What is theatre (playwriting)?
Dating back 3000 years, arepas are a pre-Columbian dish made of a round, unleavened patty of THIS ground grain often filled with cheese or meat.
What is maize/corn?
After a brief stint with the Dodgers, Puerto Rican right fielder, Roberto Clemente, was quickly swept up in the mid 50s via the Rule 5 draft by THIS team, making his Major League debut.
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Defying gender norms and an advocate for social change, THIS Puerto Rican rapper and singer is known for his Latin trap and reggaeton music with hits such as "Dákiti" and "Yo Perreo Sola."
Who is Bad Bunny?
THIS Natural World Wonder lines the border of Brazil and Argentina.
What is Iguazu Falls?
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the first woman president of Argentina, has said that women owe a great debt to THIS charismatic icon for "her example of passion and combativeness".
Who is Eva Perón?
Before the Civil War in the US, enslaved persons would escape to THIS country where, according to its constitution, they would automatically become free citizens.
What is Mexico?
(A common phrase was, “Aqui no hay esclavos, solo Mexicanos.")
THIS accomplished Chilean poet and Nobel Prize Winner is often known for his passionate writings on love and politics.
Who is Pablo Neruda?
The Spanish word for THIS starchy plant, also known as cassava, that is native to South America and can make some delicious fries.
What is Yuca?
Over 100 billion gallons of rain fall annually HERE, the only tropical rainforest in the National Forest System.
What is El Yunque?
Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning Cuban singer, Gloria Estefan, produced THIS 2015 musical with her husband Emilio Estefan based on their life with a similar title to one of their great hits.
What is On Your Feet?
Neil Armstrong was able to see THIS Bolivian natural wonder from space and was so impressed he visited it in person once he was back on earth.
What are Salar de Uyuni Salt Flats?
(Originally Armstrong mistook the Salar de Uyuni, a salt desert in southern Bolivia, for a giant glacier.)
Cuba's independence from Spain was aided by the writings and philosophies of THIS national hero.
Who is José Martí?
In 1844, THIS nation declared itself independent from its neighbor Haiti.
What is the Dominican Republic?
Some of the 30+ award-winning films THIS filmmaker has directed include The Skin I Live In, Volver, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Who is Pedro Almodóvar?
Hopping through the holidays! In 2017 THIS country built the world’s largest chocolate rabbit, weighing in at 4,245.5 kg (9,359.7 lbs) at their annual “Chocofest” to celebrate Easter.
What is Brazil?
(The Casa do Chocolate team had 9 professionals, working for 8 consecutive days on the chocolate rabbit sculpture in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Built, expanded, and improved upon over more than two centuries, construction began on THIS iconic fortress on the island of Puerto Rico in 1539. The United Nations declared it a World Heritage Site in 1983.
What is Castillo San Felipe del Morro or "El Morro"?
There's the Queen of Soul and the Queen of Pop, but THIS Cuban singer was the Queen of Salsa known for her flamboyant style, songs like "Quimbara" and a Spanish cover of "I Will Survive", as her catchphrase "Azucar".
Who is Celia Cruz?
In addition to being the third largest in Colombia, THIS city is widely regarded as the salsa dance capital of the world.
What is Cali?
THIS Venezuelan fashion designer, who has dressed the likes of Oscar winners and First Ladies alike, once said, "Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read."
Who is Carolina Herrera?
THIS South American country's name is believed to come from when Italian and America-naming cartographer Amerigo Vespucci saw native houses on stilts and proclaimed (in an Italian accent) - it's like a Little Venice.
What is Venezuela?
THIS type of music and dance, popular in the Caribbean, was born in the Dominican Republic with African roots. Usually played with instruments such as the diatonic accordian, the tambora, and the güira.
What is Merengue?
Almost like an upgraded arepa, THIS dish from El Salvador stuffs a cornmeal flatbread with refried beans, shredded veggies, squash and/or chicharron.
What are Pupusas?
La Bandera or the modern day Puerto Rican flag was actually created in 1895 in New York by exiles of Spanish rule on the island, as a color inversion of THIS country's flag who were also going through an island revolution.
What is Cuba?
THIS was the name of the famous Mexican-American singer who had the world dancing with hits such as “Donna” and “La Bamba”, but who’s life was tragically cut short along with The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly by a plane crash in 1959.
Who is Richie Valens?
At 565 miles, THIS is the longest river that runs wholly through Spain.
What is the Ebro River?
After using her father’s newspaper to speak out against racism and Woodrow Wilson’s decision to send US troops to the Texas-Mexico border, THIS Mexican-American activist literally used her body as a shield between the newspaper office and the Texas Rangers sent to censor her.
Who is Jovita Idár?
THIS country has not had a permanent military establishment since disbanding its army in 1948.
What is Costa Rica?
Julia Alvarez's best-seller, In the Time of The Butterflies, is a historical fiction novel based on THESE sisters who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo.
Who are The Mirabal Sisters?
THIS dish, literally meaning "old clothes", originated from Spain and according to folklore was given the name because a penniless old man once shredded and cooked his own clothes to feed his family, and after closing his eyes and praying discovered that it had turned into a meat stew.
What is Ropa Vieja?
THIS name was given to the new state that fused together Venezuela, New Granada, Ecuador, and Panama from 1819 to 1831.
What is La Gran Colombia?