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Because it is an English sport. Most of Latin America was colonized by either Spain, France or Portugal.
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What are three sports in Latin America?
Futbol (Soccer) , Baseball, and Cricket.
What religion was spread to Latin America and Canada?
Christianity
What is used by the government of Latin America to spread family wealth?
To answer this you have to be a socialist.
What helped spread revolutionary ideas to latin America?
Simon Bolivar's travels in Europe
What recreation is in Latin America?
Soccer is probably the most popular sport. Cricket and bullfights are also traditional favorites.
Why cricket is not popular in South America?
Cricket is popular in the West Indies and India because of the fact that they were provinces in the British Empire and, as Britain in invented cricket, the British colonials naturally played it and so it spread into the culture of the respectives countries for all citizens. Look at the other cricketing nations, for example: Australia, South Africa and New Zealand were all British colonies. South America was mainly colonised by Spain and Portugal therefore Cricket would not have been played by the colonials. This meant that it never developed a following amongst the natives hence why it is not played in South America with the exception of Guyana which was a British colony and so does play cricket.
Why did the US government support Cuba's president Fulgencio Batista?
To stop the spread of communism to Latin America.
Where did most new US immigrants come from in the 2000s?
Latin America
What is the latin name for a cricket?
Field crickets latin name is Gryllinae.
Who invent cricket first?
Cricket was first invented by the British and they spread it through their commonwealth, in more recent year cricket has been spread to ares that were never part of the British empire, like Holland.
When was Young America Cricket Club created?
Young America Cricket Club was created in 1854.
The US government supported Cuba's president Fulgencio Batista because it believed he would?
stop the spread of Communism to Latin America.
