These would include most countries in Central America and the Caribbean, as well as Colombia and Venezuela from South America:
Central America:
South America:
The Caribbean (including both the Greater and Lesser Antilles):
The West Indies
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The West Indies.
The Caribbean islands are categorized as the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles based on their size and geographical location. The Greater Antilles includes the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, which are situated to the north of the Caribbean Sea. In contrast, the Lesser Antilles consists of smaller islands located to the southeast, forming an arc from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago. This distinction reflects both the islands' physical characteristics and their relative positions within the Caribbean region.
Lesser Antilles
The Greater Antilles is the area within the Caribbean that contains 85 percent of the population of the region. This subregion includes countries such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica, which have some of the highest population densities in the Caribbean.
The Netherlands Antilles
Grenada is located in the Lesser Antilles, a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. It is situated to the south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and north of Trinidad and Tobago. The Lesser Antilles includes several smaller islands, while the Greater Antilles comprises larger islands like Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.
Cuba is the country located in the Greater Antilles. The Greater Antilles includes Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. Anguilla, Barbados, and Grenada are part of the Lesser Antilles.
As of 2021, the unemployment rate in the Dutch Caribbean region, which includes the former Netherlands Antilles, is around 8%. This figure may vary slightly between the individual islands that comprised the Netherlands Antilles.
The Caribbean islands are primarily divided into three groups: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. The Greater Antilles includes larger islands such as Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. The Lesser Antilles consists of smaller islands and is further divided into the Leeward and Windward Islands. The Bahamas, located to the north of the Greater Antilles, is a separate archipelago comprising numerous islands and cays.
Belize is part of Central America and is not classified as either the Greater or Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles includes larger islands like Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, while the Lesser Antilles consists of smaller islands to the southeast of the Greater Antilles. Belize is located on the eastern coast of Central America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the east.