By definition, country borders are political constructs.  They may or may not be based on cultural affinities within their residents, and cultural affinities may cross borders, as with south Texas and Mexico.  But the question related to whether certain countries were within North America, to which the answer is "yes."

mcneely

---- Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
> Continents: yes. However, there are political and social borders too. Central America and Latin America are good examples.
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> Karl Wolz
> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
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> > On Sep 30, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
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> > What countries are in what continent is a matter of geography, not whether people have an affinity to the other countries in the same continent or not.

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David McNeely