I think you're confusing Latin America with South America. Most people speak Spanish or Portuguese in South America because Spain and Portugal invaded and colonized the region.However, most people of "Latin" America speak either Spanish or Portuguese because that's pretty much the definition of Latin America: any American country where a Romance language is spoken, such as Spanish or Portuguese.
In 2013, it was estimated that about 37.6 million people over the age of 5 speak Spanish in the United States.
They speak French in Guiana. (wow the last guy wrote France.)
Latin America, by definition, consists only of countries that speak Romance languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Hispanic-Americans speak Spanish and English. Hispanic people are language-defined, for they speak Spanish as native language. (Simply learning fluent Spanish, does NOT magically turn you Hispanic!) Some Americans who are descendants of Hispanics don't speak Spanish anymore, so they just speak English as their active tongues.
South America.
People speak Spanish in the continents of Europe, North America, Central America, South America, and Africa.
Mainly Spanish, although there are numerous native languages also.
People in Central America do not speak Portuguese; they predominantly speak Spanish. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, which is in South America. The confusion may arise from the fact that both Portuguese and Spanish are Romance languages and share some similarities.
A majority of the people in Central America and South America speak Spanish today
most people in Latin America are Roman Catholic
Around 210 million people speak Spanish in South America. It is the official language in most countries on the continent, with the highest number of speakers in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina.
They speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Most people in Brazil speak Portuguese because that nation discovered and first populated Brazil..
I think you're confusing Latin America with South America. Most people speak Spanish or Portuguese in South America because Spain and Portugal invaded and colonized the region.However, most people of "Latin" America speak either Spanish or Portuguese because that's pretty much the definition of Latin America: any American country where a Romance language is spoken, such as Spanish or Portuguese.
In Spain or in all countries in South America. In Spain or in all countries in South America.
The following South American countries speak Spanish: Argentina Bolivia Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela