Central America qualifies as such. It is composed by Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama.
The Yucatan peninsula.
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The countries of Central America, all together, from an isthmus that connects the United States to South America.
They are grouped as a cultural region known as Latin America.
North America, though culturally it's part of Latin America and is sometimes considered (with Central America and the Caribbean islands) to form a "Middle America" intermediate between North and South.
The Latin American countries are Spanish speaking and include Mexico and countries south of Mexico.
SOUTH
From Mexico, Central and South America as Tomatl meaning a swelling fruit, brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 1550's
North America's only land connection to South America is the Colombia-Panama border according to most geographers. Some place it at the Panama Canal, which would place Panama on both continents. A few argue that the division is in southern Mexico because Central America rests on a different tectonic plate than North America.
According to a map of South America, the Andes Mountains form the western coast of South America.The Iemden.
South |America is a continent - each country has its form and type of government.