Portal:Latin America/Did you know/Week 23, 2006

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  • The related term Iberoamerica is sometimes used to refer to the nations that were formerly colonies of Spain and Portugal.
  • A large percentage of the people in Latin America are of mixed origins, the result of racial intermingling among European settlers, African slaves, and American natives.
  • Despite 65% of Bolivians being ethnically indigenous, the first leader of that nation to come from this group was Evo Morales in 2005.
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