What is Latin America? Why is it possible to speak of Latin America as both an integrated and a diverse region?

Topics-American countries and capitals (Interactive exercises module 1)- What is Latin America? (Why is it possible to speak of Latin America as both an integrated and a diverse region?)- Pre-Columbian Civilizations-1492 as a crucial year-America and Latin America as an invention-Columbus?s Journal- Rituals of possession and the crusading mentality-The fall of Aztec and Inca empire and the bird of Spanish America.Concepts- ?Discovery? and ?invention.?-Colonialism and coloniality- -The Reconquista-Representation-The Requerimiento-Hegemony