"If you speak Spanish you can earn $18,000. If you speak English you can
earn $32,000… If you speak Spanish and English you can earn $50,376!"
If you speak Spanish, you can communicate with almost 500 million people worldwide! Think how many more employment options that gives you! And if you want to take a trip to Spain or Latin America, a little knowledge of Spanish will go a long way.
Spanish Statistics
At the end of the 19th century, 60 million people spoke Spanish. Today, almost 500 million people worldwide speak Spanish!
approximately 350 million people in 21 countries (Mexico: 98 million, Spain: 39 million, USA: 39 million, Argentina: 35 million, Colombia: 36 million,Venezuela: 22 million, Peru: 20 million…)
Spanish is the second most used language in international communication.
Economic Indicators...
The Hispanic population in the USA has grown by 60% in just one decade. The 39 million Hispanics currently living in the USA make up 12.5% of the total population. This population growth has increased demand for Spanish language media: radio, television,newspapers, magazines...
Latin America countries are showing strong economic growth,making them potentially major commercial partners. The newly created MERCOSUR, along with the existing free trade agreements between Hispanic countries and North America (ALADI, the Andean Community,CACM,NAFTA, G3), aims to improve the economy of these countries by making them more efficient and competitive.
Cultural Indicators...
Latin culture has had a global influence on architecture, art and literature.Who hasn’t heard of ‘Don Quijote de la Mancha’by Miguel de Cervantes, the second most translated book in the world after the Bible? Or that the most expensive painting ever sold is a Picasso?
Latin Americans are increasingly making their mark on the world, and with success. No doubt you have seen the film ‘The House of Spirits’, based on the novel by Isabel Allende and featuring the actor Antonio Banderas. Nobody will forget when Penelope Cruz announced the name ‘Almodóvar’when presenting the Oscar for Best Director, or the Grammies recently awarded to singers such as Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias and Gloria Estefan, all of whom are bringing new Latin rhythms to our ears.
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