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We also run into problems attempting to define where Latin America begins
and ends. If we take a strictly state-oriented approach (more on this below),
we could say that Latin America begins at the US-Mexico border and ends
at the tip of South America. Let's take another look at that starting point.
While politically it may be valid, culturally there is a border area between
Mexico and the US which is neither Hispanic nor Anglo alone. A similar phenomenon
occurs in southern Florida, to such a degree that a hot current political
issue is whether or not English should be declared the official language
so as to protect it from further incursions by Spanish. From a cultural
perspective we could say that Latin America begins on the west coast of
North America somewhere between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and on the
east coast a few miles north of Miami.