21.   Nevertheless, many analysts say Latin countries have built sound economic foundations that will make life better in Latin America and boost profits for investors abroad.

22.   Novelists and politics are especially intertwined in Latin countries.

23.   On top of that, Latin countries could suffer if the U.S. economy stops being so robust, or if the high-flying U.S. stock market finally stops defying gravity.

24.   Other Latin countries celebrate the same way, with huge meals and perhaps the largest family gathering of the year, but with slightly different foods.

25.   Several Latin countries, when privatizing publicly owned businesses, have wisely used proceeds to endow permanent retirement funds for their people.

26.   Shops are packed with computers, sporting goods, cameras and other items either hard to get or extremely expensive in many Latin countries.

27.   Similar to Mexico, Brazil, another large developing Latin country, the rate by which women are bearing children is falling.

28.   Such sales were banned by President Jimmy Carter during a period of upheaval, military strong-arm tactics and violence in many Latin countries.

29.   That model is expected to be imitated as other Latin countries privatize their oil companies, which long have been important symbols of national pride and heritage.

30.   The road to the major leagues for the latest pair of Cuban defectors may go through the Bahamas and none of the Latin countries their predecessors have used.