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*I don't think the number of speakers is so important. Otherwise we would put [[Colombia]] before [[Spain]]. If you'd like to compare this article to its English counterpart, please note that it's short list does not include [[India]], where English is an official language, and a lot of people speaks it. I Consider the worldwide cultural influence of the country regarding the Spanish language. Therefore (and even I'm not Peruvian) I consider Peru to be culturally far more important in the Spanish speaking world since it gave the world writers such as [[Mario Vargas Llosa]]. But I wouldn't '''force''' Peru to the list, I just think that USA shouldn't be in the short list, because it's culturally not important to the Spanish language. [[User:Marianocecowski|Mariano]] 08:03, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
::As a citizen of a country outside of the Americas, I would counter your argument that the United States is not culturally important to the Spanish language, and its diffusion around the world (at least as it perceived by the non-American citizens of the world).
::I can almost guarantee you that the countries responsible for pushing the greatest influence in the spread (conscious or not) of the Spanish language towards the rest of the world are; Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile '''AND''' the United States of America.
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