Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language.

It includes more than 20 countries or territories: Mexico in North America; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America; Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay in South America; and Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and …

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:

For example, Mexicans, Argentinians, Colombians, among others are considered Hispanics. They can also be considered Latinos, as they are each part of a Latin American country.

Um, no. “Latin America” refers to “Latinos” – Hispanic Americans, citizens of countries once colonized by Spain, most of whom speak a variant of Spanish. That does not apply AT ALL to Canada. It applies to Central America and most of South America, plus Mexico.

No, because as a rule, the Latin part of America refers to Central and South America which have Spanish roots, not French. The Latin reference is due to the original language spoken in ancient Rome, which morphed into the Latin romance languages of French, Italian and Spanish.

Suriname, Guyana, or French Guiana are coastal countries located relatively close to the Caribbean Sea, and due to the Tepui Mountains and the lush Amazon rainforest, it is difficult to access mainland South America.

Brazil

Here is a list of the largest countries in square miles:

• Brazil (3,287,086 square miles)
• Argentina (1,073,234 square miles)
• Peru (496,093 square miles)
• Colombia (440,715 square miles)
• Bolivia (424,052 square miles)
• Venezuela (353,748 square miles)
• Chile (291,855 square miles)
• Paraguay (157,006 square miles)

Thus, Latino refers to France, Spain, Italy and other regions where these languages are spoken. Nowadays, though, the definition has come to refer to Latin Americans, although its origins can be traced to the former Roman Empire.

The region consists of people who speak Spanish, Portuguese and French. These languages (together with Italian and Romanian) developed from Latin during the days of the Roman Empire and the Europeans who speak them are sometimes called ‘Latin’ people. Hence the term Latin America.

Countries such as Spain, France and Portugal colonized the region. Although most of Latin America was colonized by Spain, the countries of Portugal and France also had major influences on the region. Due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.

The name Latin derives from the Italic tribal group named Latini that settled around the 10th century BC in Latium, and the dialect spoken by these people. The Italic languages form a centum subfamily of the Indo-European language family.

The majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%), mostly Roman Catholics. Membership in Protestant denominations is increasing, particularly in Brazil, Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico and other countries.

Spanish

Colombia

The most widely spoken language in North America is English, followed in prevalence by Spanish and French. These three languages were brought to North America as a result of colonization of practically the entire continent by settlers from Europe.