South America

The four main demographic groups that have contributed to the present-day inhabitants of South America:

• The American Indians,
• Spanish and Portuguese conquerors, who dominated South America until the beginning of the 19th century,
• Africans, who were forcefully brought over as enslaved people by the colonizers;
• And, lastly, immigrants from overseas in recent years.

Except for Ecuador, all states in South America use their own currencies, while Ecuador uses the US dollar.

The countries of South America: are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay.