Aside from Mexico, U.S. is the country with more Spanish-speakers

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States with 52 million people, according to the Pew Research Hispanic Center. Except for Mexico, that is more Spanish-speakers than in any country of Latin America, and projections are that the figure will triple by 2050, The Raw Story reports.

“There was a time when Latino immigrants in the United States hushed up their Spanish, trying to blend in. Now you hear it all over, as Latinos flex their growing political and media muscle,” says the story. “Indeed, the trilled R’s and staccato bursts of the language of Quixote liven up city streets from coast to coast, and even in the halls of power in Washington. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine made history last week by giving a speech to the chamber entirely in Spanish.” Read the complete story here.

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