Rising Number of Hispanics Are Shaping US-Latin American Relations Agencia EFE
go to original December 20, 2015

Members of a Latino family walk past a reflection of a patriotic mural in Fremont, Nebraska. (AP/Nati Harnik)

The growing Hispanic population in the United States will redefine future relations between this country and the rest of the Americas, especially Mexico, according to a report published by the Center for American Progress.

"The Latino community is becoming increasingly important to the economy, culture, and politics of the United States," says the study prepared by CAP, a liberal think-tank based in Washington.

So much so, that "these developments will have profound implications for the United States, Mexico, and the rest of the Americas" over the next two decades, the report says, in which Mexico's Economic Research and Education Center also took part.

According to the document, more than 55 million people, or 18 percent of the U.S. population, are Hispanics, and around two-thirds of those Latinos came from Mexico.

...Their "increasing demographic weight," according to the report, occurs in line with the growing economic strength of Hispanics, who, if they constituted a country, would be one of the world's leading economies in terms of purchasing power, valued at some $1.2 trillion according to current estimates.

At the same time, population growth contributes to "the rising political influence of Latinos in the United States: More than 11 million Latinos voted in 2012," with the great majority castng their ballots for Democratic incumbent Barack Obama, who won a second term in office.

As if that weren't enough, some 40 million Latinos are expected to be eligible to vote by 2030.

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