Creoles or Criollos
Creole
Most people in Latin America are descended from Spanish or Portuguese colonists. There are also significant numbers descended from indigenous nations and from Africans.
No, Europeans are not considered Hispanic. Hispanic refers to people from Spanish-speaking countries or with Spanish-speaking heritage, typically from Latin America. Europeans are people from Europe, which includes countries such as France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Language. While Anglo-America is overly English-speaking, most countries in Latin America speak either Spanish or Portuguese.
More people speak Portuguese in Latin America than any other language, but Spanish is more widely spoken.
In Latin America, there are indigenous populations and communities with diverse cultural backgrounds that do not have Spanish, Portuguese, or French heritage. For example, countries like Bolivia and Peru have significant indigenous populations with distinct languages, cultures, and ancestries that predate European colonization. Additionally, regions like northern Mexico have indigenous groups with their own heritage separate from Spanish influences.
Spanish and Portuguese.
Roughly 420 million people in Latin America speak Spanish as their primary language.
Latin American heritage in the Philippines includes influences from Spanish colonization, such as language (Spanish loanwords in Filipino languages), religion (Catholicism), architecture (Baroque churches), and culinary traditions (dishes like adobo, flan). Additionally, there are historical ties between the Philippines and countries in Latin America, such as Mexico, where the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade occurred.
yes
The Iberian social order in Latin America was a hierarchical system that placed Spaniards born in the Iberian Peninsula at the top, followed by creoles (those of European descent born in the Americas), mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved Africans. This system determined social status, rights, and privileges based on one's race and ancestry, contributing to social stratification and inequality in colonial Latin America.
Creoles
Yes, people from Spain are considered Latinos because they are of Latin European descent. However, the term "Latino" in the United States typically refers to people of Latin American descent.