Latin American Flags

• Blue = Sky

• White = Clouds

• Sun = ‘Sun of May’, Inca sun god Inti

• 32 alternating straight and wavy rays

• Joining forearms = Union of population of Rio de la Plata United Provinces

• Red Phrygian Cap = Freedom

• Pike = Defending freedom with weapons

• Rising Sun = Appearance of a new nation

• Laurels = Victory and triumph

• Ribbon = Argentine nationality

• Red = Valor and bloodshed of army

• Yellow = Richness of mineral resources

• Green = Fertility of land

• 10 stars = 9 departments and province Litoral

• Alpaca = Animal indigenous to South America

• 2 Crossed Muskets = Struggle for independence

• Axe and Phrygian Cap = Liberty/freedom

• Laurel branches = Peace

• Condor = Willingness to defend nation and its liberty

• Green = Field and forests

• Gold = Wealth

• Stars = Night sky over Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 15 1889 (Day Republic of Brazil was declared)

• 27 stars = Different Brazilian state and federal district

• Motto on white band = Order and progress

• Coffee (Left) and Tobacco (Right) Branches = Crops important to Brazil

• Blue circle encloses in Southern Cross

• Red = Bloodshed

• White = Snow on top of Andes mountains

• Blue = High-mountain skies

• Condor = Bird of prey from Andes

• Huemul = Mammal indigenous of Chile

• Naval Crown = Heroic deeds of Navy

• 3 feathers = Placed in hat of Presidents of the Republic to distinguish themselves

• Gold = Sovereignty and justice

• Blue = Loyalty and justice

• Red = Victories achieved in battles

• Condro and Phrygian Cap = Freedom

• Ship = Maritime history

• Oceans = Atlantic and Pacific oceans

• Pomegranate flower = Vice Royalty of New Grenada

• Cornucopias = Agricultural and mineral wealth

• Red = Warmth of the people

• Blue = Perseverance and eternity

• White = Power and beauty

• Ship = Maritime history

• 3 volcanoes = Mountain range

• 2 oceans = Atlantic and Pacific

• Stars = Country’s provinces

• Sun = Prosperity

• Myrtle branches = Country’s peaceful nature

• Golden Circle = Coffee ‘golden beans’

• Blue = 3 provinces

• White = Purity of the patriot cause

• Red = Strength

• White Star = Independence

• Top = Geographic position in Gulf of Mexico

• Left = Departmental status of island in colonial days

• Right = Royal palm tree (Iconic symbol) and mountain ranges

• Gold = Abundance and fertility of the land

• Blue = Sea and sky

• Red = Soldiers and martyrs of independence battles

• 4 Zodiac Sign = Aries, taurus, gemini, cancer (Duration of March Revolution)

• Condor = Power and strength

• Palm leaf = Martyrs’ fight for independence and liberty

• Laurel leaf = Victories of the republic

• Mountain = Chimborazo (Highest Andes range)

• River = Guayas formed from snow on mountaintop

• Steamboat = Guayas named after river

• Blue = Pacific and Atlantic oceans

• White = Peace

• Triangle = 3 branches of government

• Volcanoes = 5 countries of Central America

• Phrygian cap = Liberty

• Rainbow = Peace

• Spears = Indigenous ancestry and heritage

• Blue = Position between Pacific and Atlantic oceans and blue skies

• White = Purity and peace

• Quetzal = National bird and liberty

• Laurel wreath = Victory

• Scroll = Central America’s independence from Spain

• Rifles and bayonets = Willingness to defend the country

• Swords = Honor

• Blue = Pacific and Caribbean Sea

• White = Peace and prosperity

• 5 blue stars = Central American countries

• Rainbow and Sun = Masonic eye

• Mines and Tools = Mining industry

• Landscape = Abundance of natural wealth

• Stone towers = Preparedness of the country to defend itself

• Green = Unity

• White = Hope

• Red = Blood of heroes

• Eagle = Cosmic strength of sun

• Snake = Potential strength of Earth

• Eagle devouring Snake = Interactions between the two worlds

• Branches = Strength and victory

• Blue = Pacific and Caribbean sea

• White = Peace

• Triangle = Equality

• Rainbow = Peace

• Phrygian Cap = Liberty

• 5 Volcanoes = Brotherhood of 5 Central American countries

• Red square = Liberals

• Blue square = Conservatives

• Red star = Respect for the law

• Blue Star = Honesty

• White squares = Peace between the political parties

• Crossed sword and gun = Civil wars of the past

• Grossed shovels and grub hoe = Work

• Center = Isthmus of Panama, the solemn hour of the declaration of independence

• Cornucopia = Wealth

• Winged wing = Progress

• Eagle = Sovereignty

• Red = Patriotism

• White = Peace

• Blue = Liberty

• Olive branch = Peace

• Palm branch = Honor

• Treasury symbol = Liberty

• Red = Blood split for Peruvian freedom

• White = Purity and social justice

• Vicuna and cinchona tree = Important symbols of Peru

• Cornucopia = Prosperity

• Red = Blood that feeds the parts of the government

• White = Right of man and freedom of the individual

• Blue = Vigilance

• 3 sides of the triangle = 3 branches of government

• Star = Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

• Lamb = Peace

• Green = Vegetation of the island

• Book with tabs = Book of Revelations holding 7 seals of the Apocalypse

• White flag with red cross = Knowledge to stop fighting

• Castles = Kingdom of Castilla

• Lions = Kingdom of Leon

• Crown = Royalty that authorized the shield

• Flag with lion and castle = Unity of both kingdoms “Cross of Jerusalem

• F&Y = Fernando and Ysabel (King and Queen of Spanish empire)

• John is its name

• Red = Bloodshed and fire

• Blue = Liberty

• White cross = Sacrifice of the people

• They will know the truth and the truth will set them free

• Olive and palm branches = Good, Fatherland, Liberty

• Sun = Golden Sun of May, 16 alternating straight and wavy rays

• White and Blue stripes = 9 OG departments

• Sun of May = Appearance in a public gathering on May 25, 1810 in Buenos Aires (Favorable omen for independence struggle of Spanish colonies in South America)

• Sun of May = Rise and emergence of independence

• Laurel and olive branches = Honor and peace the people won over the years

• Scale = Equality and justice for every citizen

• Horse = Freedom

• Ox = Abundance

• Hill of Montevideo = Strength

• Gold = New opportunities

• Blue = Atlantic Ocean which separates Venezuela and Spain

• Red = Spain

• 7 of White stars = Provinces who signed the independence act

• 8 Star = Simon Bolivar, reference to Bolivian revolution launched by Chavez

• Wheat = Union of the states of the republic under the same democratic system of government

• Two swords and a lance = Victories of the Independence War

• Horse = Freedom

• Cornucopias = Abundance of Venezuelan ground

• Olive branch = Peace

• Palm branch = Triumph