What are the Grulac countries?

GRULAC (Group of Latin America and the Caribbean)

  • Bolivia (Plurinational State Of)
  • Brazil.

Who colonized Latin America and the Caribbean?

Spain
Countries such as Spain, France and Portugal colonized the region. Although most of Latin America was colonized by Spain, the countries of Portugal and France also had major influences on the region. Due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.

What groups were in Latin America?

Ethnic groups

  • Amerindians.
  • Asians.
  • Blacks.
  • Mestizos.
  • Mulattoes.
  • Whites.
  • Zambos: Intermixing between Africans and Amerindians was especially prevalent in Brazil and Middle America, often due to slaves running away (becoming cimarrones: maroons) and being taken in by Amerindian villagers.

Is Latin America and Caribbean a country?

There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

What does Grulac stand for?

The Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries, or GRULAC, is one of the five United Nations Regional Groups composed of 33 Member States from Central and South America, as well as some islands in the West Indies.

What are the 5 regional groups of the UN?

The regional groups

  • African Group.
  • Asia and the Pacific Group.
  • Eastern European Group.
  • Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
  • Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
  • Special cases.

Which group colonized most of the Caribbean Central America and South America?

The regions of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean were settled mostly by the Portuguese and the Spanish.

Who primarily colonized the United States?

The American colonies were the British colonies that were established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in what is now a part of the eastern United States. The colonies grew both geographically along the Atlantic coast and westward and numerically to 13 from the time of their founding to the American Revolution.

What country in Latin America and the Caribbean has the largest deposits of coal and oil?

The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has ample supplies of fossil fuels. There are various deposits of oil and coal in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. The largest deposits of oil and coal can be found in Venezuela.

What are the three main ethnic groups in Latin America?

Most of the 540 million residents are descended from three major racial/ethnic groups, namely indigenous peoples (of whom there are around 400 distinct groups), Europeans (largely of Spanish and Portuguese heritage) and Africans (descendants of slaves brought to the region during the colonial era).