acculturation
Altiplano
assimilation
Aztecs
biodiversity
brain drain
contested space
coup d’état
Creoles
dictator
early extractive phase
ecotourism
El Niño
evangelical Protestantism
Export Processing Zones (EPZs)
extended family
favelas
foreign direct investment (FDI)
forward capital
hacienda
import substitution industrialization (ISI)
Incas
income disparity
indigenous
isthmus
ladino
liberation theology
machismo
maquiladoras
marianismo
marketization
mercantilism
Mercosur
mestizos
Middle America
nationalize
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
plantation
populist movements
primate city
privatization
shifting cultivation
silt
South America
structural adjustment policies (SAPs)
subduction zone
temperature-altitude zones
trade winds
UNASUR
urban growth poles