Originally Posted by
jbcarioca
The convention used to be that Latin America included Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas plus Brazil. South America was the continental description so excluded Central America and Mexico. I don't know why Latin America, given the linguistic basis, doesn't include the USA, at least Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Anybody have insight about these clearly unjust exclusions?
It should also include Canada, then, since French is a Latin-based language as well. So Latin America is now the entirety of both North and South America,
except the US
Cheers.