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By the way a "LATINO" is a person whose native language is a Romance language. Not only latin Americans are latino but also Spaniards, French, Moldovans, Romanians, Italians, Swiss, Belgians, some Africans, Portuguese, some Canadians, Filipinos, etc. Members of the Latin Union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LatinUnionmap_2005.png All latin speaking countries: http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/479834 Latin Europeans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LatinEuropeans.png Apart of that, a lot of Latin Americans are not Latinos (they don't speak any latin language), for example, indigenous showed in the following picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map-Most_Widely_Spoken_Native_Languages_in_Latin_America.png Also, the ones who keep their family languages. For example, Palestines in Chile, Welsh in Chubut (Argentina), Greeks and Armenians in Uruguay and Argentina, Ukranian and Russian communities in San Javier; Swiss, German and Austrian communities in Nueva Helvecia, Colonia Suiza, Colonia Valdense, British in Conchillas (Uruguay), Finnish in Brazil, Croats in Argentina and Chile (250.000 and 380.000), Poles in Latin America, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_community_in_Chile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Argentine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks_in_Uruguay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Uruguay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Argentine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Javier,_Uruguay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Brazilian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarians_in_South_America I'll copy and paste from wikipedia some information of my country, let's see if you can fill your ignorance. Uruguayans share a Spanish linguistic and cultural background with its neighbour country Argentina. Also, like Argentina, most Uruguayans are descended from colonial-era settlers and immigrants from Europe with almost 88% of the population being of European descent.[21] The majority of these are Spaniards and Italians, followed by the French, Germans, Portuguese, British (English or Scots), Armenians, Maltese, Irish, Swiss, Russians, Poles, Croats, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Latvians, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Belgians, Austrians, Greeks, Scandinavians and Turkish. There are also smaller numbers of Georgian and Lebanese people. Many colonies such as Nueva Helvecia-Colonia Suiza (Swiss colony) and Colonia Valdense (Piedmontese colony), are located in the department ofColonia. Also, there are towns founded by early British settlers, like Conchillas and Barker. A Russian colony called San Javier, is found in the department of Río Negro. Also there are Mennonite colonies in the department of Río Negro and in the department of Canelones. One of them, called El Ombú, is famous for its well-known Dulce de Leche "Claldy", and is located near the city of Young. Many of the European immigrants arrived in Uruguay in the late 1800s and have heavily influenced the architecture and culture of Montevideo and other major cities. For this reason, Montevideo and life within the city are very reminiscent of Western Europe.
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