This page is only meant to supplement your class participation and Spanish lab tapes. Be sure to adjust accordingly to your own English and to your professor's Spanish. Obviously, since this is a guide for beginners, it is by no means the latest word in phonological studies. While English pronounces a differently in above, bat, bait, bark, father, raw, etc. Not as much as between English-speaking countries.
Most differences have to do with vocabulary.
But even so, the differences are not especially great. Most differences in pronunciation, have to do with rhythm and intonation. If I may generalize, Mexicans tend to speak slowly with a sing-song intonation. Cubans usually speak very fast, with a machine-gun rhythm. Most Central Americans and South Americans have a rather flat intonation.