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Bienvenidos/Bem-venidos/Bonjour/Byenvini to WikiProject Latin America. This WikiProject is an attempt to improve and expand the articles about topics related to Latin America. See Category:Latin America. Everyone is welcome to join!


Goals

  1. To ensure articles accurately depict Latin America and related articles.
  2. To ensure articles reference comprehensive sources by including all the various perspectives of, and about, Latin America.
  3. To standardize the use of Spanish, Portuguese, and French/Kreyol-language terms, names, and translations into English.

Defining "Latin America"

Latin America has several meanings due to modern definitions having different views of the region. Traditionally, Latin America covers Spanish-speaking areas of the Americas while Portuguese is usually recognized as well to include Brazil. Some definitions of Latin America also include Francophone countries and territories for a more literal definition of Latin America, languages derived from Romance-speaking languages. Thus, this would include also French-speaking Haiti and the French overseas territories such as Guadeloupe and Martinique. Even less often, Latin America is used to describe all countries and territories in the Caribbean and Central and South America regardless of the nation's language roots to describe a similar socioeconomic history of the region.

For the purpose of this WikiProject, Latin America is defined as a region of Romance-speaking countries and territories south of the United States. This is done to avoid complicating the term and to stay true to the origins of the region's name. Although Quebec is a French-speaking region of Canada and technically part of the Americas, it is not covered by the WikiProject for geographical reasons. Countries from the Commonwealth Caribbean are also not included due to linguistic reasons, but may be included under WikiProject Caribbean instead.

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  • 15 Oct 2026 – Colegio Monteverde (Mexico) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Itzcuauhtli11 (t · c) was deleted

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{{WikiProject Latin America}}
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WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Latin America, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Latin America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Latin AmericaWikipedia:WikiProject Latin AmericaTemplate:WikiProject Latin AmericaLatin America
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{{portal|Latin America}} To add to see also section of related articles
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  • To replace the text "one of Wikipedia's Latin America-related articles" with a specific article title, type {{WikiProject Latin America invite|article=article name}}, replacing article name with the name of the article.
  • To include a header, use |header=yes: {{Wikiproject Latin America invite|header=yes}}
Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Wikipedia's Latin America-related articles. Given the interest you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining WikiProject Latin America? We are a group of editors dedicated to improving the overall quality of Wikipedia's Latin America-related content. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list of participants.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. We look forward to working with you in the future! ~~~~

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Content organization

Survey of Latin American countries' topics templates (example: {{Costa Rica topics}}), placed at the bottom of articles listed in the topic template. See also /topics, /topics2, /topics3 for survey of how topics like "Politics of..." are covered across Latin American countries.

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Participants

Active members

To join WikiProject Latin America, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Youssef (working on Mexican municipalities)
  2. Infrogmation
  3. Viajero
  4. Fibonacci (working on articles about Colombia, when I have time)
  5. Spangineer ∞ (working on Mexican stuff – presidents, people, culture)
  6. Carlos Th (talk) - (mostly on Colombia. Created es:wikipedia:WikiProyecto Colombia and expect to replicate it here and wikipedia:WikiProject Colombia)
  7. JuanMuslim - Created the Latin America Portal. Seeking help with its maintenance.
  8. Kungfuadam. Created the Brazil project, looking for help expanding.
  9. Adrianzuur (working about articles about Colombia, when I have time, like Fibonacci)
  10. Patricknoddy
  11. User:Blofeld of SPECTRE Anything from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego
  12. User:IANVS Mainly interested in History and Politics, feel free to contact me.
  13. User:Simon Burchell Mostly Guatemala, but also Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador, occasionally other countries. Mostly archaeology and mythology/folklore.
  14. User:Rd232
  15. User:Zazaban Interested in Hispanic America in general. I am interested in the history, but also geography, culture, politics and everything else.
  16. User:avw1 Working on an article about Street Children in Latin America
  17. Nsaum75 - I live in Oaxaca, Mexico, and mainly work on Mexican-related article. However, I'm more than happy to fulfill photo requests -- just leave a note on my talk page.
  18. Moxy (talk) 05:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
  19. Prof.Vandegrift (talk). I specialize in Venezuela, and general topics pertaining to youth studies and sociology.
  20. MarshalN20: Work on articles related to Latin American culture, but knowledgeable on most other areas.
  21. Vvven: I created enough Latin American articles, see my userpage to see it all.
  22. mtran99: I am a student from Rice University who plans to write an article on healthcare in Nicaragua.
  23. HeathIsling
  24. Arcendeight
  25. MX: Interested in Mexico; happy to help anywhere else
  26. Vami_IV (talk · contribs): I'm in. Let's make Latin America a more documented place.
  27. FlyingAce
  28. Thinker78(talk) Mainly Guatemala. 04:33, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
  29. Kingsif (talk · contribs) Hi
  30. MarioGom (talk) 16:21, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
  31. Coffeycp Latin American art and culture. 13 March 2020
  32. BoriquaZurdo Hispanic/Latino/Spanish art, music and culture - with a focus on Puerto Rico & USA --#BoriquaZurdo (talk) 18:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
  33. Pizzaking13 (talk · contribs) Salvadoran history and politics, sometimes Guatemalan and united Central America history and politics
  34. Modussiccandi (talk · contribs) 17:41:55, 31 October 2020 (UTC)  I'm interested in addressing the lack of women biographies from South America, so far I've mainly worked on Argentina
  35. Garlicbreadtea (talk · contribs) Interested in Social Revolution in Latin America, with a focus on Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia.
  36. SuperTah: Looking to build the profile of Latin America on Wikipedia.
  37. Krisgabwoosh (talk · contribs) 03:13:15, 31 January 2023 (UTC) : All things Bolivia
  38. Fbgpwns5277 (talk · contribs) 16:46:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC) : History of Andean region
  39. Spookyaki (talk · contribs) 22:28:59, 12 October 2024 (UTC)  Interested in intersections with Latin American human rights, organized labor, and women's history
  40. Magiciandude (talk · contribs) Interested in Latin American pop culture

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 03:12:00, 30 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Latin America should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Latin America participants.

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{{User WikiProject Latin America}}
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{{User WP Latin America}}
This user participates in
WikiProject Latin America.
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{{User WP Latin America|invite}}
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For other Latin America userboxes, see Category:Latin America userboxes.