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For many many years the terms hispanic and latino have been used as the something, which in some sense they are but at the same time they aren't. Hispanic is a more generalized term while latino is for specific. The term hispanic is one that means spanish speaking. Latino is for specific and not all latinos are hispanic, latino is somebody from Latin America also Central America. This poses a problem, while most latino nations speak spanish not all do, like Brazil, Brazil speaks Portuguese.
While the term hispanic is primarily used along Eastern America latino is mainly used west of the Mississippi River. People from places like Mexico and Argentina are considered both hispanic and latino. Spaniards or people from Spain itself are solely hispanic and are not latino at because of the fact that Spain is in Europe. The term hispanic first gained popularity during the Nixon administration.