Mexico, Peru, and Nicaragua
The Latin American country that still mines for and produces both silver and gold is Peru. They produce 150 metric tons of gold and 110 million ounces of silver per year.
As an excellent source of raw materials. It still is, as most Latin American nations have natural resources such as oil, copper, cotton or livestock as their most important exports.
French Guiana
This is a American Silver Eagle bullion coin. The fact it has been colorized destroys the numismatic collectible value of the coin. The piece still has a value of about $30.00 for the silver it contains.
A "colorized" silver eagle has no numismatic collectible value, but it's still one ounce of silver that's worth about $30.00.
There's never been any silver American cents. You may have one that looks silver or been plated. But it's still 1 cent
Latin American countries experienced economic gains and setbacks after independence, such as colonial legacy and political instability. Many Latin American army bellwethers had gained fame and power during their long struggle for independence. And they controlled the incipient nations as military dictators, caudillos. It colored cognations between the North Atlantic potencies, but additionally concerned Latin American insurgents, who sought to exploit it. The exports grew, but Latin America remained unindustrialized so it couldn't play a leading role in the world's economy. In Summary: -economy still depended on exports (amount of exports incremented) -steamship and trains -> incremented L.A. trade -foreign nations benefited more from incremented trade -imported European and N.A. goods -> didn't need to industrialize -didn't fund programs to be self sufficient -couldn't pay back loans to countries
Latin American countries experienced economic gains and setbacks after independence, such as colonial legacy and political instability. Many Latin American army bellwethers had gained fame and power during their long struggle for independence. And they controlled the incipient nations as military dictators, caudillos. It colored cognations between the North Atlantic potencies, but additionally concerned Latin American insurgents, who sought to exploit it. The exports grew, but Latin America remained unindustrialized so it couldn't play a leading role in the world's economy. -economy still depended on exports (amount of exports incremented) -steamship and trains -> incremented L.A. trade -foreign nations benefited more from incremented trade -imported European and N.A. goods -> didn't need to industrialize -didn't fund programs to be self sufficient -couldn't pay back loans to countries
Because Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina or Brazil are by definition countries which were former colonies of Spain, Portugal or France. On the other side, Canada and the US are English-speaking nations (Quebec would qualify as Latin American but as it is still part of Canada, it is not considered as such). Besides, Latin America is composed by many countries with culture and social values more akin to those of France, Spain and Portugal, while the US and Canada have more affinity to those of England. That's why Canada and the States are considered Anglo-America.
The English word Argentina describes a South American nation, the word itself deriving from the Latin argentinus, meaning "of silver".
Spanish is spoken in the greatest number of Latin American countries, with 19 countries in the region using it as their official language.