Curated playlist
Countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
- El SalvadorEl Salvador made bitcoin legal tender in 2021, the first country to do so.
- GuatemalaGuatemala's name once meant a single city, not a country.
- Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic holds both the tallest mountain peak in the Caribbean and its lowest point. Pico Duarte rises 3098 metres above sea level, and snow has been seen on its summit on rare occasions. Lake Enriquillo, a salt lake, lies 45…
- PeruPeru's Inca began as one small, minor ethnic group from Cusco.
- Puerto RicoPuerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917, yet they cannot vote for president.
- UruguayA former guerrilla who spent nearly 15 years in prison became Uruguay's president in 2009.
- ArgentinaArgentina's name was never Spanish, and it means made of silver in Italian. It first appeared on a Venetian map in 1536.
- SpainSpain's name may once have meant land of rabbits. Roman coins under Hadrian show a woman with a rabbit at her feet.
- ChileThe Inca Empire's conquest stopped at a river in what is now central Chile. The Mapuche held the line at the Maule.
- VenezuelaVenezuela has the largest known oil reserves on the planet, yet more than 7.9 million of its citizens have fled.
- ColombiaColombia is named after Christopher Columbus. The name was first meant for the entire New World.
- MexicoMexico domesticated maize, the tomato and beans, three plants that feed much of the world.
- CubaIn 1956, Fidel Castro and about eighty supporters landed in Cuba from the yacht Granma to start a rebellion.