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Originally Posted by bELyVIS
Hispanic means that the roots came from Spain. If you look at history all of these countries they were started by Spanish settlers coming from Spain. Of course they mixed with the local natives, but all Spanish speaking countries natives outside of Spain ( in Spain they are Spanish) are refereed to as Hispanic. Even the U.S. government classifys them as Hispanic.(Technically White of Hispanic origin)
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true, but nowdays you are suppose to call hispanic to the people from spain. Anyone coming from Latin America, are refer as latinos. If someone is half latino and spaniard or any other mixed race, its up to them to choose what they want to be call.