Are Quebec and French Guiana part of Latin-America?

56.5% of the inhabitants being born there, native languages have a strong presence, but French is still widely spoken. This is the broadest range of Latin America. Notice how it does not include Suriname, Guyana, or French Guiana. But thinking Québec is part of Latin America is just foolish. read more

Latin America is a geopolitical region, the area of small, mostly spanish-speaking countries that is usually defined as between Mexico and Colombia, although some would go as far as to include Spanish-speaking South America (excluding Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). read more

Not withstanding the map above, ‘Latin America’ is frequently limited to Spanish America and Brazil, with French Guiana and the Francophone island territories considered apart, in a Caribbean region. read more

French Guiana sits in the north-east corner of South America, north of Brazil, and alongside Guyana and Suriname. While Guyana and Suriname gained independence from their colonisers (the UK and the Netherlands respectively), French Guiana never has. read more