Corrections Policy

Our Commitment to Accuracy

AmericasPedia is built on one promise: what you read here should be correct. Every country page, article, and profile draws on cited sources, and when a fact is wrong or out of date, we want to know about it and fix it quickly. This policy explains how we handle corrections and what you can expect after reporting one.

A correction can be small, like a misspelled name or an outdated population figure, or substantive, an error that changes the meaning of an article. We take both seriously, but we prioritize substantive errors, anything that could mislead a reader about a country's history, government, economy, culture, or geography, ahead of minor typographical fixes.

To report an error, use the Contact Us page and include the URL of the page in question, a short description of what needs to be corrected, and, where possible, a source we can check it against. We review every report against our sourcing pipeline and make the correction once it is verified. For more on how we research and review content in the first place, see our Sourcing and Editorial Standards page.

We do not quietly rewrite history. When a correction materially changes the meaning of a previously published article, we note it at the bottom of the page along with the date of the update, so returning readers can see what changed and why.