One of the two continents composing the Americas, and the southern of the two. Known as the home of many top Football teams and players, as well as the origin of many popular fruits and vegetables worldwide like cashews, pineapples, potatoes and tomatoes, South America is composed of 12 countries, the majority of them being Spanish speaking countries (with the exceptions of Brazil, Guyana and Suriname, who speak Portuguese, English and Dutch, respectively), but with many different and unique cultures, and 3 dependencies. It was also the home of the Incas. The continent (except for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Guyana and Suriname) is sometimes merged with Mexico, the Spanish and French speaking countries of the Caribbean and Central America (except Belize) as Latin America, and is sometimes merged with North America as The Americas, primarily in countries that speak the romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese) and Greece, although the claim of "America" being a whole continent is not scientifically supported, as North and South America lie on different tectonic plates.
Countries
Eastern South America
Southern Cone
Andean States
The Guianas
Dependencies
Southern Cone
- The Falkland Islands (De facto belongs to the United Kingdom, claimed by Argentina)
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (De facto belongs to the United Kingdom, claimed by Argentina)
The Guianas
- French Guiana (Belongs to France)
Defunct countries, states, and other entities
- Brazilian Military Regime
- The Empire of Brazil
- National Reorganization Process (Argentine military junta)
Useful Notes and other articles related to South Americans and South American culture
South America in General
- The Amazon Rainforest
- Andean Music
- Association Football
- The Balmis Expedition
- Bossa Nova
- The Cartel
- Cold War
- Developing Nations Lack Cities
- El Spanish "-o"
- Forces with Firepower
- Argentines with Armored Vehicles (Argentinian military)
- Bolivarians with BMPs (Venezuelan military)
- Brazilians with Bazookas (Brazilian military)
- History of Naval Warfare
- Hungry Jungle
- Jungle Warfare
- Latin America
- Latin Land
- Latin Lover
- Macho Latino
- Mayincatec
- Monstrous Seal
- Overly Long Name
- Panthera Awesome
- Piranha Problem
- Pre-Columbian Civilizations
- Psycho Electric Eel
- Samba
- Sluggish Seal
- Smelly Skunk
- Spanish American Wars of Independence
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Literature
- Spicy Latina
- Sweet Seal
- Tainted Tobacco
- Tango
- Telenovela
- Tropical Epilogue
- Western Animation
- Western Terrorists
Eastern South America
See Brazil for everything solely related to Brazil- Brazilian Folklore
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires
- Capoeira
- The Dutch-Portuguese War
- .io Game
- Portuguese Language
- Tupi-Guarani Mythology
Southern Cone
See Argentina for everything solely related to Argentina- Argentina Is Nazi Land
- Argentine Civil War
- Battle Bolas
- British Invasions of the Río de la Plata
- Carbuncle Creature
- The Chaco War
- The Falklands War
- Gaucho
- Our Perytons Are Different
- The Pampas
- War of the Triple Alliance
- Wintry Auroral Sky
Andean States
See Colombia, Peru and Venezuela for everything solely related to those countries- Bolivian Army Cliffhanger
- The Chincha Islands War
- City of Gold
- Inca Mythology
- Lima Syndrome
- Shrunken Head
- Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire
- War of the Confederation
- War of Jenkins' Ear
- War of the Pacific
