In Spanish-speaking Latin America, social scientists and politicians favor which term over indio (Indian), the colonial term that the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors used to refer to the native inhabitants of the Americas?

A. indígena (indigenous person)
B. civilian
C. citizen
D. cultural patrimony
E. autochthon


Answer: A

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