Several peoples and civilizations prior to contact with Europeans. Some of them include the Arawak, Tupi, Inca, Mayan and Aztecs.
Europeans introduced African slavery
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The could overpower the natives and make them their slaves.
Los negros (black people)
The natives did not have advanced technology and the Spanish carried diseases such as smallpox that they had grown immune to but these diseases were new to the natives and killed many of them before they even went out to battle
People of Latin descent can trace their ancestral origins back to European colonists from Spain, Britain, and Portugal; African slaves and refugees from Western Africa; and Natives who lived in South America before it was discovered.
they were born in america
Latin America
the natives
Instead of killing the natives to gain land, the Jesuits made peace with them and gave them shelter in exchange for work and making them Christian.
They do live in America,but not in ''Latin America.''
Latin America is a region and does not have a government. The individual countries that are in Latin America have democracies for the most part.