PRESENT DAY 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.