Caribbean

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The Caribbean is a region associated with the Caribbean plate and Caribbean Sea, and situated roughly east of Mexico, south of Florida and north of South America. It includes the West Indies islands, and islands from the mainlands countries on the American continents, boasting over 7,000 islands.

Large parts of the Caribbean are French-, English-, and Dutch-speaking, and thus are not considered part of Latin America, due to Spanish and Portuguese not being predominant, but may have similarities with some parts of Latin America, such as extensive race mixing. Many Caribbean countries are over 90% black.

Suriname and the Guyanas, despite not being islands, are often grouped in with the Caribbeans because of their similarity sharing a part-African mixed-race demographic, and non-Spanish colonial history, while neighbouring Venezuela and Colombia are grouped in with the rest of Latin America.

Belize is also included in the Caribbeans, despite the fact that over half of the population is Salvadorean Mestizo and natively Spanish-speaking, because of a demographic shift from the 1980s when it was heavily African and English-speaking. Many of those Africans from Belize have moved to the United States.

Whites in the Caribbeans

Caribbean non-Spanish-speaking countries are predominantly of non-White, specifically Sub-Saharan African slave origin, with the notable exception of the previously-Swedish colony (now French territory) Saint Barthélemy, overwhelmingly populated by White settlers of Breton, Norman, Poitevin, Saintongeais and Angevin origin.

Cuba is the most European Spanish-speaking country in the Caribbean, with 64% of the population (Whites) being on average 86% European (65-99% range), 7-8% Amerindian and 6-7% Sub-Saharan, and another 27% of the population (Multiracial/Mestizo/Mulatto) being on average 64% European 25% Sub-Saharan and 11% Amerindian. 75% of Cuban Whites are over 80% European and 50% are over 88% European.[1][2][3][4]

Other locations with a significant portion of the population being of mostly or entirely European descent include but is not limited to Bermuda (31%)[5], the Cayman Islands (24%)[6], the Dominican Republic (11-13%)[7], French Guyana, France (14%), Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (47%)[8], Puerto Rico, US (70%)[9], Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras (40%), and the United States Virgin Islands, US (16%)[10].

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