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Honduras , officially the Republic of Honduras , is a republic in Central America . It has at times been referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras , which became modern - day Belize . Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala , to the southwest by El Salvador , to the southeast by ___MASK61___ , to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca , and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras , a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea . Costa Rica ( literally meaning " Rich Coast "), officially the Republic of Costa Rica , is a country in Central America , bordered by ___MASK61___ to the north , Panama to the southeast , the Pacific Ocean to the west , the Caribbean Sea to the east , and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island . It has a population of around 4 . 5 million , of whom nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital and largest city , San José . The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in history . It reached the peak of its ___MASK60___ , political and economic power under the Spanish Habsburgs , through most of the 16th and 17th centuries , and its greatest territorial extent under the House of Bourbon in the 18th century , when it was the largest empire in the world . The Spanish Empire became the foremost global power of its time and was the first to be called " the empire on which the sun never sets ". Conquistadors ( from Portuguese or Spanish " conquistadores " " conquerors " ) is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of the Spanish Empire or the Portuguese Empire in a ___MASK3___ sense . During the Age of Discovery , conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas , Oceania , Africa and Asia , conquering territory and opening trade routes . They colonized much of the world for Spain and Portugal in the 16th , 17th and 18th centuries . Milton Ernest " Robert " Rauschenberg ( October 22 , 1925  May 12 , 2008 ) was an American ___MASK91___ and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the pop art movement . Rauschenberg is well known for his " Combines " of the 1950s , in which non - traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations . Rauschenberg was both a ___MASK91___ and a sculptor and the Combines are a combination of both , but he also worked with photography , printmaking , papermaking , and performance . He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1993 . He became the recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts in 1995 in recognition of his more than 40 years of fruitful artmaking . El Dorado (; Spanish for " the golden one "), originally " El Hombre Dorado " ( the golden man ), or " El Rey Dorado " ( the golden ___MASK62___ ), was the term used by the Spanish Empire to describe a mythical ___MASK24___ (" zipa ") of the Muisca native people of Colombia , who , as an initiation rite , covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita . The legends surrounding El Dorado changed over time , as it went from being a man , to a city , to a kingdom , and then finally an empire . Central America is the southernmost , isthmian portion of the North American continent , which connects with South America on the southeast . Central America is bordered by Mexico to the north , Colombia to the southeast , the Caribbean Sea to the east , and the Pacific Ocean to the west . Central America consists of seven countries : Belize , Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , ___MASK61___ , Costa Rica and Panama . The combined population of Central America is between 41 , 739 , 000 ( 2009 estimate ) and 42 , 688 , 190 ( 2012 estimate ). South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere . It is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas , which is the ___MASK85___ used in nations that speak Romance languages . The reference to South America instead of other regions ( like Latin America or the Southern Cone ) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics ( in particular , the rise of Brazil ). Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi ( 7 March 1924  22 April 2005 ) was a Scottish ___MASK15___ and artist . He is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art . Bogotá , officially Bogotá , Distrito Capital , abbreviated Bogotá , D . C . ( during the time of Spanish rule , and also from 1991 to 2000 , called Santa Fé de Bogotá ) is the capital and largest city of Colombia administered as the Capital District , although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca . Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order , with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia . It is the political , economic , administrative , industrial , artistic , cultural , and sports center of the country . The city is located in the centre of Colombia , on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna , part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes . It is the third - highest capital in South America ( after Quito and Sucre ), at an average of above sea level . Subdivided into 20 localities , Bogotá has an area of and a relatively fresh climate that is constant over the year . Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6 , 1538 , by Spanish ___MASK50___ Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca . The Muisca were the indigenous inhabitants of the region and called the settlement where Bogotá was founded " Bacatá ". After the Battle of Boyacá on August 7 , 1819 , Bogotá became the capital of the independent nation of Gran Colombia . Since the Viceroyalty of New Granada ' s independence from the Spanish Empire and during the formation of the present Colombia , Bogotá remained the capital of this territory . The city is home to senior agencies of the executive branch ( Office of the ___MASK6___ ), the legislative branch ( Congress of Colombia ) and the judicial branch ( Supreme Court of ___MASK39___ , Constitutional Court , Council of State and the Superior Council of Judicature ). Bogotá stands out for its economic strength and associated financial maturity , its attractiveness to global companies and the quality of human capital ; it is the largest business ___MASK56___ of Colombia where most high - impact ventures occur . The capital hosts the main market of Colombia and the Andean natural region , and the leading destination for new projects of foreign direct investment coming into Latin America and Colombia . It has the highest nominal GDP in the country , contributing most to the national total ( 24 . 7 %), and it is the seventh - largest city by size of GDP in Latin America ( about USD 159 , 850 million ); The airport of the city , El Dorado International Airport , named after the mythical " El Dorado ", has the largest volume of cargo transported in Latin America , and is third in number of people . It is the city of Colombia with the largest number of universities and research centers , and has an important cultural offer , which is represented in many museums , of which the Museo del Oro is the most important , theaters and libraries . Bogotá ranks 52nd on the Global Cities Index 2014 , and is considered a global city type " Beta " by GaWC . Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid - 1950s in Britain and the late 1950s in the United States . Among the early artists that shaped the pop art movement were Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton in Britain , and Larry Rivers , Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns among others in the United States . Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as ___MASK45___ and news . In pop art , material is sometimes visually removed from its known context , isolated , and / or combined with unrelated material . The Andes mountains form the most populated region of Colombia and contain the majority of the country ' s urban centers . They were also the location of the most significant pre - Columbian indigenous settlements . Beyond the Colombian Massif in the south - western departments of Cauca and Nariño , the Colombian Andes divide into three branches known as " cordilleras " ( from the Spanish for " ___MASK55___ range "): the West Andes run adjacent to the Pacific coast and is home to the city of Cali . The Central Andes run up the center of the country between the Cauca and Magdalena river valleys ( to the west and east respectively ) and includes the cities of Medellín , Manizales and Pereira . The East Andes extend northeast towards the Guajira Peninsula , and includes the cities of Bogotá , Bucaramanga and Cúcuta . ___MASK61___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK61___ , is the largest country in the Central American isthmus . ___MASK61___ ' s capital , Managua , is the country ' s largest city and the third - largest city in Central America . The multi - ethnic population of six million includes indigenous peoples , Europeans , Africans , and Asians . The main language is Spanish . Native tribes on the eastern coast speak their own languages . Antonio Caro ' ( born 1950 , Bogotá , Colombia ) is a contemporary ___MASK100___ known for using conceptualizations and iconic visuals that often make political commentary about his home country . Since 1970 , Caro has built a career that , according to the categorizations of history and criticism , denotes an authentic example of conceptual art in Colombia . Since then , Caro ' s work has proposed a critical eye on social and political conditions in his country , as to their academic and popularly understood historical connotations . Caro ' s work is achieved through the implementation of informal procedures in traditional artistic practice , including photocopying , public installations , lectures , posters , and materials related to indigenous cultural practices , such as salt or achiote . The vast majority of his work makes use of text as a tool to communicate strong messages , but instead acquires the paradoxical nuances of a political nature as a means of production and dissemination . One may classify Caro ' s art as politically charged pop art . In 1998 , Caro received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship . Some of his important works include : Sal ( 1971 ) , Imperialism is a paper tiger ( 1972 ) , there is no art here ( 1972 ) , There is no case ( 1974 ) , Colombia - Marlboro ( 1975 ) , Colombia 1977 ( 1977 ) , Defend your talent ( 1977 ) , all very Caro ( 1978 ) , Homage to Manuel Quintin Lame ( 1979 ) , Project 500 ( 1987 ) , Annatto , among others . Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Romance languages are predominant . The term originated in 19th century France as " Amérique latine " to consider French - speaking territories in the Americas ( Haiti , French Guiana , Martinique , Guadeloupe , ___MASK42___ Martin , ___MASK42___ Barthélemy ) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed . It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero - America or Hispanic America  though it usually excludes French ___MASK30___ and modern French Louisiana . The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental ___MASK55___ range in the world . They are a continuous range of highlands along the western edge of South America . This range is about long , about wide ( widest between 18 ° south and 20 ° south latitude ), and of an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries : Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Argentina and Chile . El Dorado International Airport is an international airport located in Bogotá , Colombia . It is ranked among the world ' s 50 busiest airports in terms of : passenger traffic ( ranked third in Latin America with 25 , 009 , 483 passengers in 2013 ), cargo traffic ( ranked first in Latin America ( 33rd worldwide ) with 622 , 145 metric tons in 2013 ) and traffic movements ( ranked second in Latin America ( 45th worldwide ) with 304 , 330 aircraft movements in 2011 ). As such , it is the largest airport in Colombia and the main international and domestic air gateway in the country , serving as the main and largest hub for Avianca ( the national flag carrier of Colombia ), Copa Airlines Colombia , LATAM , Satena , EasyFly and other cargo companies . It is managed by Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional ( OPAIN ), a consortium composed of Colombian ___MASK59___ and ___MASK68___ firms and the Swiss company Flughafen Zürich AG . In European ___MASK14___ traditions , fine art is art developed primarily for ___MASK36___ or beauty , distinguishing it from applied art that also has to serve some practical function , such as pottery or most metalwork . Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an ___MASK49___ language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . ___MASK45___ is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea . Sponsors of ___MASK45___ are often businesses who wish to promote their products or services . ___MASK45___ is differentiated from ___MASK28___ in that an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message . It is differentiated from personal selling in that the message is nonpersonal , i . e ., not directed to a particular individual . ___MASK45___ is communicated through various mass media , including old media such as newspapers , magazines , ___MASK86___ , ___MASK72___ , outdoor ___MASK45___ or direct mail ; or new media such as search results , blogs , websites or text messages . The actual presentation of the message in a medium is referred to as an advertisement or " ad ". Popular culture or pop culture is the entirety of ideas , perspectives , attitudes , images , and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture , especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century . Heavily influenced by mass media , this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society . The most common pop culture categories are : ___MASK17___ ( movies , music , television , games ), sports , news ( as in people / places in news ), politics , fashion / clothes , technology , and slang . Popular culture has a way of influencing an individual ' s attitudes towards certain topics . Jasper Johns ( born May 15 , 1930 ) is an American ___MASK91___ , sculptor and printmaker associated with Abstract expressionism , Neo - Dada , and Pop art . The Dominican Republic is a ___MASK43___ state occupying the eastern two - thirds of the island of Hispaniola , in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region . The western one - third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti , making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands , along with Saint Martin , that are shared by two countries . The Dominican Republic is the second - largest Caribbean nation by area ( after Cuba ) at , and 3rd by population with 10 . 08 million people , of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo , the capital city . Quito , formally San Francisco de Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador , and at an elevation of above sea level , it is the highest ___MASK49___ capital city in the world and the one which is closest to the equator . It is located in the Guayllabamba river basin , on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains . With a population of 2 , 671 , 191 according to the last census ( 2014 ), Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador , after Guayaquil . It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of the Metropolitan District of Quito . The canton recorded a population of 2 , 239 , 191 residents in the 2010 national census . In 2008 , the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations . The Viceroyalty of New Granada was the name given on 27 May 1717 , to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America , corresponding to modern Colombia , Ecuador , Panama , and Venezuela . The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739 , and the provinces of Venezuela were separated from the Viceroyalty and assigned to the Captaincy ___MASK3___ of Venezuela in 1777 . In addition to these core areas , the territory of the Viceroyalty of New Granada included Guyana , southwestern Suriname , parts of northwestern Brazil , and northern Peru . The New Kingdom of Granada , or Kingdom of the New Granada , was the name given to a group of 16th - century Spanish colonial provinces in northern South America governed by the ___MASK6___ of the Audiencia of Bogotá , an area corresponding mainly to modern - day Colombia , Panama and Venezuela . The conquistadors originally organized it as a captaincy ___MASK3___ within the Viceroyalty of Peru . The crown established the " audiencia " in 1549 . Ultimately the kingdom became part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada first in 1717 and permanently in 1739 . After several attempts to set up independent states in the 1810s , the kingdom and the viceroyalty ceased to exist altogether in 1819 with the establishment of Gran Colombia . Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera , also spelled as De Quezada and Ximénez , ( 1496 - other sources state 1506 or 1509Suesca , 16 February 1579 ) was a Spanish ___MASK32___ and ___MASK50___ in northern South America , territories currently known as Colombia . He explored the northern part of South America . As a well - educated lawyer he was one of the few intellectuals of the Spanish conquest . He was an effective organizer and ___MASK90___ , designed the first legislation for the government of the area , and was its historian . After 1569 he undertook explorations toward the east , searching for the elusive " El Dorado ", but returned to New Granada in 1573 . He has been suggested as a possible ___MASK85___ for Cervantes ' " Don Quixote ". Superior Council of Judicature is Colombian institution part of the judicial branch of Colombia in charge of adopting a yearly report which is presented to the Congress of Colombia with a detailed report on ___MASK39___ handling in Colombia . The council also adopts the Development plan for the judicial branch of Colombia and presents it to the President of Colombia so that it be included in the Colombian National Plan of Development . The Superior Council of Judicature also establishes rules for an efficient administration of ___MASK39___ and can adopt and propose Law projects related to the administration of ___MASK39___ and procedure codes . Members of the council are entitled to elect the new president of the council . The functions of the Superior Council of Judicature are stipulated in Article 79 , Law 270 of 1996 in the Colombian Constitution of 1991 . Colombia ( or ), officially the Republic of Colombia , is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest of South America , with territories in Central America . Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama , to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru . It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica , ___MASK61___ , Honduras , Jamaica , the Dominican Republic and Haiti . It is a unitary , constitutional republic comprising thirty - two departments . The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples including the Muisca , the Quimbaya and the Tairona . Larry Rivers ( August 17 , 1923  August 14 , 2002 ) was an American ___MASK100___ , ___MASK1___ , filmmaker and occasional actor . Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City , Southampton , Long Island , and Zihuatanejo , Mexico . Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a ___MASK43___ state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea . It occupies the western three - eighths of the island , which it shares with the Dominican Republic . Haiti is in size and has an estimated 10 . 6 million people , making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ) and the second - most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole .