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| In 2012, Hugo Chavez was re-elected to his fourth consecutive term as the president of this country, a position he has held since 1999 | |
| This modern day country and former British colony was known as British Honduras until 1973 | |
| The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chichen Itza, a city built by the Mayan civilisation, is located in this country | |
| In 1983, a US-backed invasion, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, led to the overthrowing of a military government in this country | |
| Until 1954, this modern-day country was the only Dutch colony in South America | |
| In 1974, Isabel Martínez de Perón became president of this country after the death of her husband, becoming the first female non-royal head of state in the Western hemisphere | |
| The short-lived West Indies Federation, a coalition of Caribbean colonies formed as an attempt at gaining independence from Britain, had its capital in this country | |
| This country, often seen as one of the poorer nations in South America, had the third fastest growing economy in the world in 2010, with a growth rate of 14.5% | |
| This modern day country was claimed for the British crown in 1624 with the arrival of the ship the Olive Blossom on its shores | |
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| In 1967, Argentine-born revolutionary Che Guevara was captured and executed in this country | |
| In 1804, this country became the second independent nation in the Americas, after the United States | |
| The Iran-Contra affair, during the Reagan administration, involved the funding of an armed opposition group in this country with money raised from the sale of weapons to Iran | |
| In 1838, this modern day country became the first British colony to have a legislature controlled by a black majority | |
| This country permanently abolished its army in 1949 | |
| Until 1719, when it was captured by French settlers, this modern day country's main island, formerly Hairouna, was a refuge for escaped African slaves | |
| The Cold War was a period of sustained political tension between the Soviet Union and this country, at the time the two major global superpowers | |
| Although no definitive site has been identified, this country is usually credited as the location of Columbus' first landfall in the Americas | |
| Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, a former president of this country, famously challenged the then president of Mexico to a duel to settle a dispute relating to fishing boundaries | |
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Countries of the Spanish Empire
Countries of the British Empire
Borders of Germany (1871-)
