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The French coined the term 'Latin' America in the middle of the 19th century as a means to assert French influence in the region where the Spanish and Portuguese people were.

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Before the French got anywhere near central America the Spaniards arrived. Ordered to convert the peoples they found to Christianity. This conversion included teaching Latin, the official language of the church. The original Latinos - Greeks, Italians,

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