AboutE. S. Expertise I can answer anything that there is to know about being Latino the in the United States. I can also answer questions regarding immigration and emigration to/from the United States.
Experience I am first generation Mexican-American, born and raised in Southern California.
Education/Credentials Bachelors degree in Latin-American Studies and Spanish.
Expert: E. S. Date: 10/25/2007 Subject: first names in latin america
Question why are slavic first names so common in latin america? E.G., Alex Rodriguez.
Answer Actually Alex is short for Alexander, which derives from Greece. Alex Rodriguez is Dominican-American, if he were to be born in the Dominican Republic, his name would have been Alejandro, which is a spanish translation of Alexander. If you know your european history, you know that the great empires such as the Greeks and Roman all had lands in the slavic territories. As with any form of colonization traditions and cultures are blended, shared and moved from one area to another. The Romans had more influence in this than the greeks. I'm not denying that there are slavic derived names in Latin America brought by the european immigrants, but I do not believe that are are common when compared to Greek or Latin derived names. Most of Latin America influence comes from Spain, which has had a great Latin influence as well as Arabic.
