Guatemala - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Otto Pérez Molina (2012)Land area: 41,865 sq mi (108,430 sq km);total area: 42,042 sq mi (108,890 sq km)Population (2013 est.): 14,373,472 (growth rate: 1.91%); birth rate: 25.99/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.32/1000; life expectancy: 71.46Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Guatemala City, 1.075 millionMonetary unit: QuetzalNational name: República de GuatemalaCurrent government officialsLanguages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages...

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Dominican Republic - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Danilo Medina (August 2012)Land area: 18,680 sq mi (48,381 sq km);total area: 18,815 sq mi (48,730 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 10,088,598 (growth rate: 1.31%); birth rate: 19.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 21.3/1000; life expectancy: 77.44; density per sq km: 196Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Santo Domingo, 2,138,000Other large city: Santiago de los Caballeros, 501,800Monetary unit: Dominican Peso The Dominican Republic was...

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Cuba - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Raúl Castro (2008)Total area: 42,803 sq mi (110,860 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 11,075,244 (growth rate: -0.12%); birth rate: 9.96/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.83/1000;  life expectancy: 77.87; density per sq km: 103Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Havana, 2,140,000Other large cities: Santiago de Cuba, 554,400; Camagüey, 354,400; Holguin, 319,300; Guantánamo, 274,300;Santa Clara, 251,800 Monetary unit: Cuban Peso Arawak...

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Canada - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952) Governor-General: David Lloyd Johnston (since 2010) Prime Minister: Stephen Harper (since 2006) Land area: 3,511,003 sq mi (9,093,507 sq km); total area: 3,855,102 sq mi (9,984,670 sq km) Population (2014 est.): 34,834,841 (growth rate: 0.76%); birth rate: 10.29/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.71/1000; life expectancy: 81.67 Capital (2011 est.): Ottawa, Ontario, 1.208 million Largest cities (metropolitan...

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Mexico - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Enrique Peña Nieto (2012) Land area: 742,485 sq mi (1,923,039 sq km); total area: 761,602 sq mi (1,972,550 sq km) Population (2010 est.): 112,468,855 (growth rate: 1.1%); birth rate: 19.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 17.8/1000; life expectancy: 76.2; density per sq km: 57 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper) Other large cities: Ecatepec,...

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