I can understand why Italians are not considered Latinos - since they do not speak Spanish and are not from Latin America - but it is interesting how Spaniards are sometimes lumped in with Latinos even though not from Latin America and Brazilians too even though they don’t speak Spanish. Sometimes. Other times Brazilians are said not to be Latinos just as Leftists sometimes say Cubans are not really Latinos (because so many of them are conservatives and light skinned).
For college applications I see Spaniards included as “Hispanic” (though I don’t recall seeing Portuguese); considering they were one and the same 500+ years ago that is odd.