Top Ten Most Interesting Latin American Countries

Latin America has some of the most interesting countries in the world, here's the most interesting countries in Latin America. Without further ado, let's start!
The Top Ten
1 Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic located in North America. The country is located between the U.S. and Central America, and is known for its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico beaches and its diverse landscape of mountains, deserts, and jungles.

Very beautiful country, Very big and diverse. Mexico City, Monterey, and Guadalajara are great cities. A lot of nature and history, good food, and friendly people. Sadly, there is a lot of crime, corruption, and poverty.

Mexico is the most interesting lain american country in my opinion, overall maybe even in the whole world! Mexico has such an interesting culture and great foods like tacos, and the so interesting aztec people were from Mexico, who are in my opinion the most interesting people who ever lived on the planet! I just find this country so interesting!

2 Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America, bordered by Colombia and Ecuador to north, Brazil to east, Bolivia to south-east, Chile to south and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Peru is mostly known for being where the Inca people originally came from. The capital of Peru is Lima and lies in the western part of Peru. Most people in Peru speak Spanish, but some people here also speak Quecha and Aymara.

Beautiful country it's like a smaller Mexico (Can I say that) Beautiful coast, Lima is a cool city, good food, and indigenous culture. I don't know a lot of Peruvians sadly...maybe theres more on the East Coast

Deciding between Peru and Mexico was hard, but I just found Mexico somewaht more interesting, however this country was close to beat Mexico! From Peru is where the so interesting mountain people known as the Inca came from who are so interesting! Machu Pichu is such a gorgeous and interesting place! Peru is easly near the top!

Not bragging, but we have about half of the Ancient Civilizations of South America along with Bolivia and Ecuador.

3 Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous ...read more.

Very diverse cultures. Super beautiful (and horny) people who love to party. Each region has a unique culture, people, and food. Great beaches, friendly people, Rio and São Paulo look cool. They love football and drinking

The biggest country in South America as well as Latin America is of course on the list! This country has the biggest rain forest in all of the world, Amazonas, there's tons of different and interesting species there! This country also has some cool cities and beaches

4 Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, ...read more.

Beautiful country, a little cocky. Successful country, very progressive and European like. Good sports, drinking, and beef. Viva Argentina! Reminds me of Italy

In my humble opinion, Argentina has by far the most interesting history in Latin America.

Argentina was once one of the richest nations on earth, but bad management and corruption have made its GDP per capita to fade away over time. However, Argentina remains one of the best countries to live in Latin America, with one of the highest standards of living.

Argentina is also very progressive compared to most Latin American nations, with he possible exception of Uruguay. Argentina was the second country in the Americas to legalize gay marriage in 2010, after Canada. Argentina almost legalized abortion last year, in much of Latin America, abortion is not even a discussion.

Argentina may have lots of problems, but its undeniable that it remains one of the best countries in the region.

5 Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

Well, South America as whole is in my opinion the most interesting continent on the planet and Peru, Ecuador and Paraguay are the biggest reasons why.The republic of the equator, I said it because ecuador means equator. Such a cool country! The galapagos islands also belong to Ecuador! And in one of the cities: Guayaquil, you can actually find iguanas on the street! This country deserves to be high up!

6 Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 181,034 square kilometers (69,898 sq mi) and has a population of an estimated 3.51 million, of whom 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.
7 Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica; occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of 756,096 square kilometers (291,930 sq mi), with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers ...read more.
8 Bolivia Bolivia, officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is located in western-central South America.

Bolivia is known as the heart of South America and for good reason! Basically Bolivia has one of the best enviroments in South America and there's so much interesting stuff about Bolivia! There's two capital cities, yes, two capital cities! La Paz which is located in the middle of the Ands and it's tricky to get out of, and Sucre which is also located in the Ands, but more east to the jungles. The country is usually divided into two parts, Collas in the mountains of the Ands to the west and Cambas, the biggest one in the jungle to the east, and these regions are completely different from each other, it's just so interesting

Very poor country sadly. Has a lot of beautiful mountains, indigenous culture, people are probably nice, good food

9 Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.

Paraguay is one of those very mysterious and interesting countries, something interesting about Paraguay is that the nort-west part AKA 60% of the land is pretty much completely uninhabited which is a huge and open plain, it doesn't have too many tourists but it's such an interesting country

Mysterious country, they speak an indigenous language. Worth checking out! never met a Paraguayan before

10 Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country situated in the northwest of South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The Contenders
11 French Guiana French Guiana, officially called Guiana, is an overseas department and region of France, located on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas.

Arguably the least known country in South America and thus I find I really interesting! Tons of swamps can be found as well as jungles. It's also the only french-speaking South American country

12 Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus.

Poor country sadly, they all move to Costa Rica or somewhere else usually. Great at sports, good food, friendly people. Jungle.

13 Suriname Suriname, officially known as the Republic of Suriname, is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south. At just under 165,000 square kilometers (64,000 square miles), it is the smallest sovereign state in South America. Suriname has a population of approximately 575,990, most of whom live on the country's north coast, in and around the capital and largest city, Paramaribo.

Of the three unknown pearls of South America: Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, this one's the most interesting! I don't know why but something about it really catches my interests, there's tons of jungles here, tehy drive on the left side of the road and Paramaribo is one gorgeous capital city

I didn't make enough research since Suriname and Guyana or Belize are classified as latin american, but oh well they are still interesting

14 Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.
15 Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.
16 Guyana Guyana officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east, and Venezuela to the west. With 215,000 square kilometers (83,000 square miles). Guyana is one of the smallest countries in South America. The region known as "the Guianas" consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the "land of many waters". There are nine indigenous tribes residing in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina, Wapishana, Pemon, Akawaio and Warao. Historically dominated by the ...read more.

A country to the west of Suriname, Guyana is the biggest country of the three unknown pearls of South America when it comes to size. This country actually has a savannah too, to the south-west and that's quite rare for a South American country

17 Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America.

The last dictatorship of South America, this country is ruled by Nicolas Maduro and has ruled the country as 2013. It is also considered the most dangerous South American country, thus it is interesting in my opinion, Caracas, a dangerous yet cool looking capital city, I find it interesting

18 Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a transcontinental country in Central America and South America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's 4 million people.
19 Honduras
20 Belize Belize is a country on the eastern coast of Central America. It is the only country in Central America whose official language is English, though Belizean Creole and Spanish are also commonly spoken.
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