“拉丁美洲”(America Latina)主要指美墨边境的布拉沃河以南直至火地岛的主要以西班牙语、葡萄牙语等为官方语言的国家和地区。区别于南美洲、北美洲等地理概念,“拉丁美洲”主要以文化而非地理位置等因素作为地区的标识,“美洲”(America)的修饰词“拉丁”(Latina)强调的是影响这一地区的历史文化。由于多种因素的影响,拉美文化具有显著的多样性,在文化来源、形式、品格、载体等方面均有体现。 “America Latina ” mainly refers to the countries and regions south of the River Bravo to the main Tierra del Fuego which is the official language of Spain and Portugal. Different from geographical concepts such as South America and North America, “Latin America” ​​mainly uses the cultural rather than geographic location as the regional identification, “America” ​​modifier “Latina” The emphasis is on the history and culture that affects this area. Due to a variety of factors, Latin American culture has remarkable diversity, which is manifested in aspects of cultural origin, form, character and carrier.