And the idea of Latin America was in fact meant as more of a cultural distinction than a linguistic one, with the French tyrants making a point that the areas they, the Spanish and the Portuguese controlled were similar to each other but nothing like the British places.

The French leaders wanted indigenous people to believe it's much better to be overrun by Latins than Anglos. lol (well, perhaps there's a smidgen truth in that load of hogwash, given how thoroughly the United States colonies separated and snuffed out indigenous blood compared to most of Latin America, where precolumbian genes are much more present or even dominant, but I'm not an expert on all the reasons why that's the case -- and its like choosing between eating shit and drinking piss)