@sunmcnukes @Frondeur @Ghislaine

"it was Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan who "discovered" the Philippine"

https://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2006/07/16/347742/understanding-philippines-portugal-relationship

So if they were Spanish ruled and descendants of Spanish people instead of Portugese people

Then they are Latinos of Spanish ancestry instead of Latinos of Portugese ancestry

Or alternatively they could be Latinos of Spanish and Portugese ancestry