There are no Hispanics in Latin America.  They are either Colombian, Venezuelan, Mexican, etc.  Here in this country we lump people from Latin American and Spanish heritage under the Hispanic classification.
 

Many Hispanics do exhibit mixed race characteristics and in an effort to classify them into race categories we have mistakenly used the term as a race in the marketing nomenclature.
 

While Hispanic is not a race, it is an ethnic classification.
Hispanics are people that have been in this country for a very long time. The Hispanic ancestors include native Indians and early settlers. The earliest settlement in North America was in St. Augustine, Florida by people from Spain.
 

The great majority of all Hispanics come here for economic reasons. Some, like most Cubans, came to the US to escape communism.
 

Unlike other immigrants from Europe, few Hispanics immigrate for religious reason. The difference in the factors that motivate immigration create a very different mindset among US Hispanics.