Many athletes from Mexico, Central and South America have become very popular in the USA. A few of the more popular sports stars who have competed in America are listed below.

Baseball players from Central America and South America have especially done very well in the American Major Leagues. Soccer and basketball players are popular also. Manu Ginobili (basketball) and Lorena Ochoa (golf) are two of the most popular non-baseball stars in the USA from this region.

Argentina:
Manu Ginobili - basketball  (NBA)
Angel Cabrera - golf (PGA)
Pablo Mastroeni - soccer (MLS)

Bolivia:
Marco Echeverry, Jamie Moreno - soccer

Brazil:
Leandro Barbosa, Anderson Varejao, Nene - basketball  (NBA)
Helio Castroneves - automobile racing

Chile:
Luis Ayala - tennis

Colombia:
Edgar Renteria - baseball

Cuba:
Jose Contreras - baseball

Dominican Republic:
Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa, Vladimir Guerrero, David Ortiz - baseball
Felix Sanchez - track
Al Horford - basketball

Guatemala:
Carlos Ruiz - soccer

Honduras:
Amado Guevara - MLS soccer

Mexico:
Lorena Ochoa - golf (LPGA)
Oliver Perez - baseball
Eduardo Najera - basketball
Rolando Cantu - football (NFL)

Panama:
Mariano Rivera, Carlos Lee - baseball

Paraguay:
Julieta Granada - golf (LPGA)

Puerto Rico:
Carlos Delgado, Ivan Rodriguez - baseball

Uruguay:
Esteban Batista - basketball (NBA)

Venezuela:
Andres Gallaraga, Omar Vizquel, Johan Santana, Ozzie Guillen - baseball
Milka Duno - IRL automobile racing