(eg for a BBC survey) This has happened to me more than once, that only Canada and the US are categorized as North American, and other options include Central America and South America. But I was always taught that Mexico is part of North America. (Duh, NAFTA). I think it's a gross example of geopolitical snobbery to exclude Mexico from North America categorically, and to boot, not even list it separately. Part of Latin America? yes. But they don't say that. They say South America.
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I've come up against that often. It drives me crazy (and I'm from one of the two countries that do get listed). It seems that about 1/3 of people think there are only two countries in North America, another 1/3 think there are noly three (this time including Mexico) and no more than 1/3 of the people I've met (even North Americans themselves) know that there are dozens of countries in North America (37 countries and territories), which includes everything north of Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas.\n\nIf you want to be proactive, you should write to the editors of the web sites that you've seen it in. Education is the only way to defeat ignorance!
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I find it interesting that you say that "Americans" are the ones calling mexicans latinos. I don't know any "Americans" that do. Actually, I find that most mexicans, especially the younger ones, call themselves "Latino" or "Latina".
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THANK YOU! \ngod, it's so annoying.\ni'm salvadorian and dang, i can't believe people STILL think mexico is the only place that speaks spanish.\ni mean, mexico is awesome, but people need to get informed!\nyeah i go to a predominantly caucasian school and these people (i'm not stereotyping, i'm just saying. lol) they're like, "el salvador? what's that? isn't it the same thing as mexico?"\nit's frustrating, too, when your spanish teacher specifically speaks about only mexico when explaining a quinceanera. it's a latin american tradition, not just a mexican one.\n\n\nhaha. i got a little excited there, so sorry!
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No, revolutions only bring mayhem and ruin. How about getting rid of Mexico by uniting it with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and (just for the hell of it) Arizona. It could be called Mexsaldurna! New Mexico could just be Mexico. While we're at it, why not divide North Dakota into Northern Dakota, Northernmost Dakota and The Useless Patch of Land between Northernmost Dakota and Canada. And get rid of upper Michigan. Give it to Canada so we could take that New Brunswick. Next, divide the Carolinas into 23 states, each named Carolina, with minor spelling changes. Also, while I have your attention, we should erase Rhode Island. I don't mean annex it to Massachusetts, I mean erase it. Take a pencil to it, and make a big white space with nothing in it. And do something about Colorado and Wyoming! They look exactly alike in maps, and a square is such a boring shape. Make Wyoming into a triangle, and Colorado into a complex myriagon. Then unify Kansas and Nebraska to form Kanraska, and only let stupid white corn-huskers live there. And, if I could venture out of America for a sec, lets do away with all of these Soviet countries. There are fifteen, but their all so useless, why not make them into four? Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan? Who needs em? Moldova? Make that, new Romania! Now... what were we talking about?
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The U.S. doesn't have an official language as such ... but we should have!!  And present day Mexicans have no claim whatsoever over any part of the U.S. ... even the Mexican constitution acknowledges where the border is drawn, and what belongs to Mexico ... and having read their constitution, I didn't find one reference to California or New Mexico or whatever they want to claim belongs to Mexico ... we have to deal with the realities of TODAY ... not the realities of hundreds of years ago ... at the same token, Russia could then claim Estonia again ... Sweden could claim the ports of Germany .... and on and on it goes ....
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well actual mexicans ( not the spanish kind) are asian, every native american is asian anywhere in the americas from canada to chile , as for the mexicans not realising its probably coz mexico is so close to america and the ignorance has oozed off the yanks and travelled through the air into mexico
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Depends on where you are from.....if you are from the U.S. which believes North and South America to be a seperate continent then it is North America since North America ends at Panama and South America begins in Colombia.
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Historically, a large part of what is now the US belonged to Mexico. There's a great "morphing" map of the US/Mexico border and how it has changed over the years at this site. Click on the link at the bottom of the page to see that their claims are far from ridiculous.
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don't feel rude because it's a valid question. Have you ever seen Rick Mercers "Talking to Americans"? The responses are hysterical. The view of Canada seems to be that the whole dang country is above the tree line and we all commute to work on ski-doos.This has been going on for years.\nMany Americans are ignorant about their own country too.
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I will definitely take your side on this question, listen...Yes, the Continent is called "North America" and it is included.  Anyway the U.S.A has been so dominant since "white people" have taken over the country and that may be why and EVERYBODY HEAR THIS:  The white people that say "I am half American and half English(U.K) are not.  The so-called "Americans are actually most of them are descendants from Britain and most of Europe.  Listen to this one.  What are "Native Americans"?  That's right, they are Indians, which means that most of the ones that consider themselves white Americans are actually European and here is another the term "WHITE PERSON" ranges from now..U.S.A, Canada, Australia, and most of Europe including Russia.  And yes about the government, the decisions they make do affect us, for instance(please don't hate me for speaking the truth) The War that we are in, in my opinion it is made a bigger deal than it should be and it is affecting us in one example by using up money and jacking the gas prices way up, so if I tried to FULLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION, it would be too long to try to read and if you want me to give you a full answer modify detail on your question and I will make it able to contact me.
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It depends on whether you are refering to continents or geographic regions...\n\nThe continent of North America extends to the southern border of Panama. Central America is part of the North American continent.  \n\nThe South American continent starts from the north at the Columbia-Panama border.\n\nCentral America is a geographic region (not a continent) and extends from the souther border of Mexico to the southern border of Panama.
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I disagree.  Canada & Mexico have always worked together independent of the US and with the US.  We're living in a globalizing world where no nations should be excluded.  The world should "come together" & not divide.
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The Southwest of North America would still be Mexico.  Any further south and it becomes Central and South America.
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I think it's part of N. America, but it belongs to Denmark politically.  I think it's about the size of Mexico.
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The same reason that citizens of Mexico call it "Mexico" when it is actually "Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" The United States of Mexico. So therefore The United States of America is "America". I dont want to say the whole thing all the time, it is too much. I am against people living in a pro-American, anti-anything else bubble, but I dont think that is the reason behind THIS!
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CORRUPTION mexico is full of it. if there wasnt corruption that country would be like Canada. Serioulsy, from an educated person from mexico I know what Im talking about. I had a friend ask me the same question he was like: "how come if mexico is next to the best country in the world it is so poor" I had one word for him Corruption.
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Technically, yes, Mexicans are Americans. The reason being, there is no country called America. There is a country called the United States of America, and there are two continents called the Americas. You are completely correct and anyone who says different does not know what they are talking about. I challenge anyone to find a map that calls this country America as opposed to the United States of America, America being the continent within which the states are united.