Why are Spanish people called Latinos?

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Spanish people came originally from Spain, in Europe. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean and intermixed with the native American people, resulting in what's now called the Latinos. At that time in history (ca. 1500 c.E.) the Latin language and culture, which came from Rome, Italy, was very important in Spain as well as all others countries of the Roman Empire. That's why the descendants of these early Spaniards are still called "Latinos".

Veni, vidi, vinci

Latin is a dead Language. But it's still widely used in some technical jobs such as medicine or physics. Sentences like 'per se' or 'sin e qua non' which are Latin, frequently appear in scientific papers. The most famous Latin sentence was said by Julius Caesar, the Emperor of the Roman Empire: "Veni, vidi, vinci"... which means: "I came, I saw and I won."