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comprehensive- term. It includes all of

the countries from the Bio Grande and

Straits of Key West south to the Straits

of Magellan. "Spanish-America," a

term often misused, does not include

Brazil, which has the largest area and

population of any country in Latin

America. It also excludes Haiti, which,

though email. Is potential in the com

merce and development of the lands of

the Caribbean Sea- In discussing Latin

America, however, the Average man in

the United States must not mske the

cardinal etror of overlooklng.Jthe Indi

viduality of each one of these countries.

If he Is speaking of Argentina alone, he

must not call that a Latin-American

land or Its populaUon "Latin-Americans."

He should refer-to the country Invariably

as "Argentina" and to the.people as -"Argentines."

In menUonlng the Brazilians

they ahould not be called -"Portuguese-Americans."

but "Brazilians." In con

sidering Chllc.lt should not be described

as a Spanlsh-Amerjcan or South Ameri

can country of the -west coast, but dis

tinctively as '"Chile," and It should "be

remembered that the "Chileans" are Just

as -proud of being called Jjy that name aa

peoples of the landsiof "Europe "are anx

ious to be called "Englishmen," "French

men," 'Germans," eta

There has been too much of a tendency

In the past to call all the "peoples south

of the United States "Latin-Americans."

aa If they all had the same history, the.

same characteristics and the same possi

bilities! The truth U that almost every

one of tthese twenty "countries has Its

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Washington herald. (1914). Washington, D.C., 1914-10-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045433/1914-10-11/ed-1/?sp=21

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington herald, 1914-10-11.