Latin American Asians are Asians of Latin-American (Either of North American or South American) descent. Latin American-Asians have been in Asia since the 16th century. The timeline of Latin-American settlement in Asia mostly occurred from the 1500s to the 19th century when the Spanish used Filipino sailors to bring Latin-Americans from across the Pacific to serve as mercenaries and traders either to supplement its Filipino soldiers in the numerous wars Catholic Philippines had with its Muslim, Tantrist or Confucian neighbors which surrounded the Philippines (Ensuring a state of constant warfare) or coordinate the Manila Galleon trade between Latin-America and Asia. Therein, gems taken from South Asia, spices taken from Southeast Asia and silk and porcelain taken from East Asia were gather