And now the authors and historians are fanning the faint flames of nationalism in the Latin countries to our south. As those flames spread. who will be the main torch bearer? Today we find cultural nations. territorial nations. and a mixture of the two. Is the State to embark on a cultural and religious mission and completely disregard geographical limits? If that is to be the approach of European and Asiatic states in Latin America we might as well prepare for vast difficulties in all the area between the Rio Grande and Patagonia. For Instance. IberoAmerica has vast segments of unassimilated nationalsItalians.