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Other Participations, Interviews and Appearances

  • HITN Panelist apperance in "De Costa a Costa" with Malin Falu. December 2008.
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    Hispanic Facts
    in the U.S.

    One in seven people in the United States is of Hispanic origin.

    Hispanics are a mix of European, African and Native American people.

    In 204 B.C. Romans created the term Hispanic to identify inhabitants from the Iberian Peninsula which encompass Spain and Portugal today.

    The term Hispanic was adopted in the U.S. in the 1970s by the federal government in its census questionnaires.

    The U.S. is the fifth largest Hispanic country in the world.


    St. Augustine and Santa Fe were Hispanic cities founded before Plymouth.


    Spanish is the fourth most frequently spoken language in the world.


    Twenty countries speak Spanish as their first language.


    70% of the Hispanic population lives in five states: California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.


    Hispanics are the largest minority in the U.S.