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Latin America
Latin America is the region of the Americas where Romance languages, chiefly Spanish and Portuguese, predominate. It was shaped by the colonial rule of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, which transformed its religion, languages and societies. The Brazilian Empire was one of the most stable states in nineteenth-century Latin America.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Latin America. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/latin-america
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- “Latin America.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/latin-america. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Latin America.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/latin-america.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Latin America’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/latin-america (Accessed: ).
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