Spanish-speaking Bad Bunny stirs lost Latin identity among Brazil’s music fans

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show attracted criticism from the US president and adulation from Latin America, including Brazilians. Photograph: Ishika Samant/Getty Images

There is a saying in Brazil that Brazilians realise they are Latin only when they travel to the US or Europe.

Among the many reasons for this is that the largest country in Latin America is also the only one in the region where Portuguese is spoken rather than Spanish.