Caribbean Mainland – Coastal and island regions of Mexico (such as the
Riviera Maya,
Cozumel, and
Isla Mujeres), Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and
Venezuela. Historic trade across the Caribbean Sea between these nations have created many cultural similarities.
Florida – although not in the Caribbean Sea, the US State of Florida has been historically and culturally tied to the Spanish Caribbean since Spanish have settled in the age of the
Spanish Empire.
South America
Gran Colombia – Colombia,
Ecuador, Panama,
Venezuela, and Northern
Peru. Although Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, members of this region still share many cultural attributes in terms of food, language, music, and history.
Andean regions – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Northern
Chile,
Bolivia, and northwestern
Argentina. Much of the culture found in this region can be traced back to the
Inca Empire.
Quechua is still spoken as a second language in many of these regions.
Gaucho regions – Argentina,
Uruguay and southern
Brazil. The culture of these regions were heavily influenced by the South American cowboy, known as the
gaucho.
Rioplatense region – Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and parts of
Paraguay. This region, due to extensive immigration from Europe, mainly from
Italy,
Spain, and
Portugal maintains a very European culture in terms of cuisine, art, architecture, and dialect. Many Italian loanwords are used in the dialect of the region,
Rioplatense Spanish.