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Falkands Island, Guayana (non-French), Suriname. Daniel Souza (talk) 19:52, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quebec too. 77.74.98.101 (talk) 12:40, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Quebec is not in Latin America, at least not according to most definitions of it. Nn88nn88 (talk) 23:40, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, it could count, but traditionally it doesn't. I guess you could say the same thing about European nations. Evenite (talk) 05:24, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Funny how you always want to overlook Non- lEuropean Countries that are NOT in the Americas. Angola Macau,Goa,east Timor, Mozambique, equatorial guinea to name a few & by the way Quebec is not a country! What in the world is quebec canada have to do with ecuador peru? You can make a bigger case of philippines and guam as big more "latino/Hispanic' but Quebec is as white as it comes. You all want to make Argentina whiter than Canada which is absolutely abomination. In that case let's make Los Angeles Las Vegas & Texas "Latin America" then If you want to play the technicality card. Because los Angeles Is sure as hell ALOT more hispanic than quebec ever was and ever will be. Not to mention it's close to the Mexican border whereas Quebec is thousands of miles in the northeast. By the way, French is spoken in northern New England and Louisiana or are we going to count That as "Latino too"? look at how ridiculous you sound. Ku klux Klan in that region used to speak Cajun French.Even the names in the southwest are mostly Spanish yet you conveniently pretend to overlook it. 2607:FB91:184:BAE:B9C8:7498:69C3:608A (talk) 16:27, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well given the fact that Quebec is not a country it's not going to be included. But yes, Quebec has heavy Latin/Latino influences as a providence. Quebec is about as "Latino" as Los Angeles. It has nothing to do with being "White" but being a descendant of a population that uses Latin languages in the Americas. There is White Non-Latino people in South America (Entire isolated German communities in Brazil and Chile), there is also Amerindian people who wouldn't be considered "Latino" either, sense they speak native languages. There is also plenty of White, African and Amerindian "Latinos". The "Latino" designator has 0 to do with race. A White German from Chile, an Amerindian Mexican,an African from Ecuador, and an Asian from Peru could all be considered "Latinos" if they all speak Spanish even though they are all different races. 68.189.2.14 (talk) 21:41, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about Latin America, a region that comprises countries of Americas that mainly speak languages derived from Latin (in its contemporary definition). The inhabitants of Latin America are Latin Americans because their country is part of Latin America, not because they have some specific cultural, ethnic or phenotipic feature (other than the origin of the main language of their country). The specific cultural and ethnic background of Latin America varies from country to country.

What you are talking about has more relation with how Latino Americans may be defined (individuals from America with origins in Latin American countries), and they are covered in these articles: Hispanic and Latino (ethnic categories), Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latino (demonym). Linkcisco (talk) 18:59, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Belize 2607:FB91:184:BAE:B9C8:7498:69C3:608A (talk) 16:29, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Belize's language is English. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 15:53, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Those countries use mainly Dutch, English, or a language based in them. Since they are not a Romance language, they usually are not included in Latin America, but in the third definition of this article they are properly included. Linkcisco (talk) 19:12, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There are at least 20 different "Americas" in the world. I will try to explain them all in once:

1. America = USA (1 country)
2. 🌎 América = landmass (22 countries + 1 territory)
3. Americas = geographical region (35 countries + 24 territories)
4. North America = continent (23 countries + 20 territories)
5. South America = continent (12 countries + 4 territories)
6. Northern America = geographical subregion (2 countries + 3 territories)
7. Central America = geographical subregion (8 countries + 1 territory)
8. Insular America = geographical subregion (13 countries + 16 territories)
9. Latin America and the Caribbean = geopolitical region (33 countries + 21 territories)
10. Middle Amercia = geopolitical subregion (21 countries + 17 territories)
11. Germanic America = linguistic region (15 countries + 16 territories)
12. Latin America = linguistic region (20 countries + 8 territories)
13. Anglo-America = cultural region (14 countries + 10 territories)
14. Dutch America = cultural region (1 country + 4 territories)
15. Danish America = cultural region (1 territory)
16. Norwegian America = symbolic cultural region (1 uninhabited territory)
17. Ibero-America = cultural region (19 countries + 1 territory)
18. French America = cultural region (1 country + 7 territories)
19. Hispanic America = cultural subregion (18 countries + 1 territory)
20. Portuguese America = cultural subregion (1 country)

Notes:

1. Americas = North America + South America
2. North America = Northern America + Central America + Insular America
3. Latin America and the Caribbean = Central America + Insular America + South America
4. Middle America = Central America + Insular America
5. Germanic America = Anglo-America + Dutch America + Danish America + Norwegian America
6. Latin America = Ibero-America + French America
7. Ibero-America = Hispanic America + Portuguese America

2001:8003:9027:DF01:B529:BC5E:7EDD:A512 (talk) 07:05, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there a way to revert this edit easily?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latin_America&diff=1327601421&oldid=1326869014

it removes a lot of information and adds lots of wrong information. I tried undo but it couldn't merge the revert. Cxsmith6174 (talk) 22:52, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

as definition vary a lot Quebec should’ve been listed at least a few times no? ~2026-13385-6 (talk) 14:10, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You can read the archives. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 09:09, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]