What is Latin American Spanish?
Put simply, Latin American Spanish is the variant of the language spoken in the Americas. It is a legacy from the days when these countries were colonies of Spain. Residents of the U.S. and Canada wishing to learn Spanish would usually do well to focus on this Western Hemisphere variety. You won’t go wrong learning the pure Castilian variety as spoken in Spain, but for economy of time you might as well start with the language that you will encounter south of the border (referring, of course, to the U.S.-Mexican border).
