ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Back in the 1500s, Spanish and Portuguese made most of Central and South America as their colonies, and it remained so until 1800 CE. Spanish and Portuguese languages became prominent in this region. These languages were derived from Latin, so this regions is called as ‘Latin America’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term Latin America was coined in the 1860s when the French emperor Napoleon III was trying to extend French imperial control over the whole region. He and his ministers used the term to try to suggest at least some degree of cultural similarity between the region and France.

Detailed explanation-3: -Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Latin America is a cultural concept denoting the Americas where Romance languages-languages derived from Latin-are predominantly spoken. The term was coined in the nineteenth century, to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese and French empires.