to qualify for this program, you must be at least one-quarter hispanic/latino. hispanic/latino is an ethnic category, not a racial category, and you may be of any race. for purposes of the nhrp, you must be from a family whose ancestors came from at least one of these countries: argentina, belize, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, guadeloupe, guatemala, honduras, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, puerto rico, spain, uruguay, or venezuela.