According to Wikipedia, Cardozo was of Portuguese Jewish ancestry. I wouldn't classify that as Hispanic, but it sort of points out the artificiallity of the "Hispanic" classification that people in America today have come to accept as a reality. Hispanic, of course, includes a range of racial backgrounds, and a couple dozen nationalities, many of which self-distinguinsh among themselves. So, an Argentinian of German ancestry becomes included with a mestizo of Mexican background, with a full blooded Indian of Guatemalan background, with a mulatto (or whatever the PC term is today) of Puerto Rican background, with a Cuban of pure Spanish background, etc. However, I don't believe it includes Brazilians, and certainly not Portuguese from Portugal, though in theory it could include someone from Spain. I've also heard that "Latino" on the other hand does include Brazilian, but not Spanish. What's interesting is that the whitest neighbors on my block are Brazilian. They have three little blond kids.