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Latin America

noun

The parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken.

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"Latin America" Quotes from Famous Books

... to physical structure, mental characteristics, habits, or development, but depends solely upon philological considerations, the languages of the Negroes and the Bantus forming two distinct groups. Most of the slaves who were brought to our country were Negroes, while most of those transported to Latin America were from ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV • John Lord

... The "revolutionist" of Latin America is generally only the disgruntled politician. His revolution is seldom more than a violent squabble among greedy spoilsmen for control of the loose-jointed administration. But the great Mosquera Revolution which burst into flame in New Granada in 1861 was fed with fuel of ...

— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... about the history of the Latin-American States which I am sure they are keenly aware of. You hear of "concessions" to foreign capitalists in Latin America. You do not hear of concessions to foreign capitalists in the United States. They are not granted concessions. They are invited to make investments. The work is ours, though they are welcome to invest in it. We do not ask them to supply the capital and do the work. It is an ...

— President Wilson's Addresses • Woodrow Wilson

Words linked to "Latin America" : geographic region, geographical region, South America, geographic area, llano, geographical area, Economic Commission for Latin America, North America, Latino, Latin-American, Central America