Answer:
The correct answer is: 21.
There are 21 Spanish-speaking countries.
Explanation:
One of the most important events of the Spanish history is the discovery of America. Christopher Columbus saw the American lands at the end of the 15th century. From then on, the colonization started and Spanish brought their culture and their language to the New World. That is the reason there are so many Spanish-speaking countries.
The first one is, of course...
(1) Spain
Then, we should list 19 Hispanic countries:
(2) Mexico
(3) Argentina
(4) Bolivia
(5) Ecuador
(6) Guatemala
(7) Paraguay
(8) Uruguay
(9) Colombia
(10) Peru
(11) Chile
(12) Honduras
(13) Nicaragua
(14) El Salvador
(15) Venezuela
(16) Panama
(17) Dominican Republic
(18) Cuba
(19) Puerto Rico
(20) Costa Rica
And there is one more country missing. It is on the African continent
(21) Equatorial Guinea.
It was also a Spanish colony, and that is why Spanish is one of the official languages.
