ABSTRACT
The ethnic backgrounds and cultural variations of the people of Latin America are highly diverse. The term “Latin American” refers to individuals from Mexico, Central America, or South America with a Spanish surname or whose primary language is Spanish or Portuguese (Slonim, 1991), and is, strictly speaking, not applicable to all people living in these regions. However, for parsimony’s sake, this chapter will refer to Mexican and Central and South American infants as Latin American.
