Latin American civilization may merge into the West as a subvariant

Evidence

Latin America thus has several states, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina, which cooperate in and compete for leadership. The Latin American situation is also complicated by the fact that Mexico has attempted to redefine itself from a Latin American to a North American identity and Chile and other states may follow. In the end, Latin American civilization could merge into and become one subvariant of a three-pronged Western civilization. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 370

Categorization

• QUESTION: Huntington’s ‘three-pronged Western civilization’ projection is a bold speculative claim; worth tracking how state identity redefinition (Mexico, Chile) has fared since the book was written.