Where Do Latin Americans Belong?

In his seminal book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel P. Huntington makes a distinction between a “Latin American Civilization” and Western Civilization. The Western being circumscribed, according to him, to Europe, English speaking North America and some countries of English settlement such as Australia and New Zealand. In his words:“Latin America, however, has a distinct identity which differentiates it from the West. Although an offspring of European civilization, Latin America has evolved along very different path from Europe and North America…The West, then, includes Europe, North America, plus other European settler countries such as Australia and New Zealand”…