that means people changed the definition of what it meant. latin america is meant to refer to all the countries that speak latin based languages in America, be it Spanish(most of them), Portuguese(Brazil), and French (French Guiana). by changing the definition, they are also deleting French Guinana from existence. (as well as Haiti)Well I guess I depends on who you talk to now. Peus si, portugeus es un idioma latina, mismo como romani, italiano, y frances. But Brazilians historically didn't like being called Latino because on the global political stage, 'Latin-American' meant 'Spanish-speaking country in America."