The Spanish Language: Two Projections of the Same Phenomenon

... Nations, Southern Common Market, Caribbean Community, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Ibero-American Community of Nations (ICN), and the European Union. Photo: lrc.salemstate.edu The Hispanic World While in the Western Hemisphere the Spanish language has been a natural medium for international relations and regional integration, Spain also has been employing the language as a tool of soft power and a means to transform its role in the globalized world. The democratic transition and economic development in the post-Franco period have drastically changed the structure of Spain's ...