Latin America

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Latin America (Portuguese and Spanish: América Latina; French: Amérique latine) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages, those derived from Latin (particularly Spanish and Portuguese), are primarily spoken. Latin America is contrasted with Anglo-America, the region of the Americas where English predominates.

[edit] Race

Genetic signature of Latin American race reveals a very common European, pre-Columbian and Negroid ancestry of the populations throughout the continent. The pre-Columbian traits prevail in some areas, such as Mexico City and the Andean regions, this is probably due to a higher population density at the time of the arrival of European settlers.

[edit] Latin and Anglo America

The distinction between Latin America and Anglo-America, and more generally the stress on European heritage (or Eurocentrism, overlooks the fact that there are many places in the Americas (e.g. highland Peru and Guatemala) where American Indian cultures and languages are important, as well as areas in which the influence of African cultures is strong (e.g. the Caribbean, including parts of Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal Brazil).