Original sentence: However, there is evidence that before this time period, there were at least two books written by citizens of the America's in which the authors referred to themselves as "Latin(o's").In fact, some say the French were the first ones who came up with the idea of having a "Latin America" back in the 1880's
Edited sentence: In fact, the French were the first ones who came up with the idea of having a "Latin America" back in the 1880's