THE FINAL: SPAIN OR ARGENTINA WHO IS WINNING!?


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No señor. Es América o el continente americano. You Can say las Americas but it’s not the colloquial term that’s used in these other countries.
Interesting thing is that it depends on where you grew up and the education system you had. Cuz for me growing up in NYC I was taught a 7-continent model where North America (USA, Canada, Mexico and the central american countries) and South America are considered separate continents
 
We are called that because America is in our name. Example, The United States of Mexico's citizens are called mexicans.

And the continent's name is The Americas, not America lol
WTF? Here in Brazil and Paraguay, they teach it as "America". I had no idea that, officially, the ISO agreement calls it "The Americas." That’s bizarre. It’s going to take me a while to wrap my head around that. I feel like my life is a lie,so a live in Brazilian America. Wtf is one unity of "america"?
 
Interesting thing is that it depends on where you grew up and the education system you had. Cuz for me growing up in NYC I was taught a 7-continent model where North America (USA, Canada, Mexico and the central american countries) and South America are considered separate continents
Yeah, they technically are. But they are joined by land and it’s a territorial concept. I would understand why Brazilians who see themselves as American due to that detail, would be bothered by people in the US trying to monopolize the identity.
 
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