I completely agree with you, Locomiax.
There are so many historical mistakes in labelling from things to regions to people that even if you try to call by its correct definition (Wikipedia is not enough of a source), it is by now, impossible.
The "Latin America" label was coined in the USA, I read.
So, of course, the mistakenly called "latinos" in the USA or the rest of the American continent, who know little history or cannot be bothered to change the mistake, continue the mistaken label.
A person who looks nothing like spanish and comes from the american continent should not be called "latin" or "spanish" just because speaks spanish or another romance or latin language.

Anyway, for this forum, it is rather inconsequential to speak about this.