South America

"South America, a place where most Latin Americans lived there, were facing a new age: the Federation of the Americas. I don't believe it. It finally happened."

--Su Ji-Hoon, La Federacion de las Americas

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 may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas, which is how it is viewed in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of the Americas. 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).