This geographical term refers to the American areas where romantic languages including French, Spanish, and Portuguese are spoken. This section of America took a relatively long time to develop. The people of this region maintain their cultural roots such that they value their cultures a lot, and they always have some ties to their cultural roots. As of now, some of the areas of Latin America are largely underdeveloped, and the people of these places have to face this challenge (Rothchild 2004). However, this region has been going through a lot of development. This development has been spearheaded by many economic projects that have been started in the area. The area has been on a steady economic rise despite the fact that many challenges are still prevalent. Colonization of Latin America Before the European invasion, the indigenous elites, Incas and Aztecs, ruled this region. These were respected groups of people who were powerful, and they controlled the social, economic and political lives of the region. Some groups of people in this region did not favor the rule of the Incas and Aztecs, and they were ready to do anything to ensure that this rule was toppled (Charles 2006). The chance to do this presented itself with the invasion of the region by the Europeans. They helped the Europeans take power, and Christopher Columbus imposed European rule in this region. The Europeans divided the regions of Latin America in to colonies (Cristina 2005). Spain and Portugal were the main forces behind this, and they divided the region through a line of demarcation. By the 16 th century, these two forces were the greatest influences in this region. However, the start of the 16 th century saw other powers coming to claim the region. France was one of these powers, and it started controlling a large portion of Latin America. Introduction of New Culture The colonial powers had so much influence that they started introducing their culture to their subjects. The colonized people were expected to declare allegiance to their colonial masters. In doing this, these people accepted to do everything that their masters demanded. They were expected to learn the languages of their masters and take the culture of their colonizers fully. The introduction of this culture had a toll on the Latin Americans, and they started rejecting this move. This is because some people felt that their culture was being killed, and they wanted to save the situation (Charles 2006). Therefore, people started forming groups that were against the colonizers. However, the colonial powers had ways of discouraging such groups, and people affiliated with these groups were either punished or killed in public. As a result, people feared to criticize the colonial powers, and slowly, the culture of the colonizers started to take root. The cultural clash brought about by the colonizers acted to divide the people. This is because people were no longer united by their cultural values, and so the ties of the whole society were weakened. In fact, the family became the only unit where people trusted each other. Different religions were introduced, and people of different races took different religions (Parry 1999). This furthered the differences between the people of Latin America, and they started to become strangers in their own land. However, people who embraced the same cultures became very close, and they maintain this culture even up to now. Therefore, Latin America, to some extent, is considered to be one of the regions that have maintained their culture. The differences that started forming as a result of colonization are s