Culture
At 99.8%, this country has one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
What is Cuba?
Machu Picchu is the most visited tourist destination for this South American country.
What is Peru?
This South American country hosted and won the first World Cup tournament in 1930.
What is Uruguay?
This woman became the first Latina supreme court justice.
Who is Sonia Soto Mayor?
This distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant is the most popular in Mexico.
What is Tequila?
This country was colonized by the Spaniards in 1519 and originally named “the New Spain”.
What is Mexico?
The Galapagos Islands belong to this South American country.
What is Ecuador?
This country produces more than 90% of the world’s emeralds and is the third total producer of coffee in the world.
What is Colombia?
This person is a Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and actor. He is also the creator and original star of Broadway’s Hamilton and In the Heights.
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
This flat round cornmeal cake is popular in Central and South America, particularly Colombia and Venezuela.
What is Arepa?
This country is a bilingual country, the Guaraní, is recognized as an official national language together with Spanish.
What is Paraguay?
It is the smallest of the Central American countries and the only one without an Atlantic coastline.
What is El Salvador?
In 1990, Violeta Chamorro became the first elected female president for this Central American country.
What is Nicaragua?
This activist is a second-generation Mexican-American and union leader. She was elected the executive vice-president of the AFL-CIO in 1995 and served until September 21, 2007. She is also a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and served as a member of the board of trustees of United Way of America.
Who is Linda Thompson-Chavez?
This Puerto Rican eggnog-like drink is prepared with coconut milk that is traditionally served during the holidays.
What is Coquito?
Bachata is a genre of music that originated in this Caribbean country in the first half of the 20th century.
What is the Dominican Republic?
This country is home to the world’s highest waterfall.
What is Venezuela?
This country’s nickname is the Land of Volcanos and hosts some of the longest and most perfect waves in all of Central America.
What is El Salvador?
This woman became the first Latina to headline the halftime show of the Super Bowl.
Who is Gloria Estefan?
This traditional food from El Salvador consists of a thick griddle cake or flatbread made with corn flour, beans, cheese, chicharrón (pork), or any filling.
What is Pupusa?
People from this country are known for the use of the term “Pura vida,” which means “pure life”.
What is Costa Rica?
This country is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and sun set on the Atlantic from the top of the highest point in the country, which it is Volcan Baru.
What is Panama?
This country became the first one in Latin America to legalize gay marriage back in 2010.
What is Argentina?
This woman became the first Latina to star in a leading role in film since Rita Hayworth retired in the 1970s. She is also the first actress and singer to have a movie and an album at #1 in the same week.
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
This is a South American seafood dish originally from what is the modern-day country of Peru typically made from fresh raw fish cured in fresh citrus juices, most commonly lime or lemon.
What is Ceviche?