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| {{Infobox country|image_map=Latin America.png|map_width=200px|population_estimate=642,216,682|population_estimate_year=2018|area_km2=20,111,457|largest_city=São Paulo|name=Latin America|native_name=América Latina<br>Amérique Latine|common_languages=Spanish<br>Portuguese<br>French}}
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| '''Latin America''' is the part of the [[America|Americas]] where Romance languages are mainly spoken.<ref>{{Citation|author=David J. Dressing|year=1996|title=The Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture|chapter=Latin America|section=|page=390|quote=|pdf=|city=New York City|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> It includes [[Mexico]], most of [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]], and much of the [[Caribbean]]. Latin America does not include French-speaking Canada because it is part of the [[Global North and South|Global North]]. Because of its proximity to the United States, it is often targeted by the United States and there have been 56 US military interventions in the region.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Hakim|date=2019-11-30|title=America Never Stood For Freedom|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HflHrHvYsw|newspaper=YouTube|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-04}}</ref>
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