The recent America Chavez: Made in the USA is retconning the Interdimensional Space Lesbian Origin story for her. Now she's an Earthling, suffering from a terminal disease and exposed to an unorthodox treatment. This treatment gave her Superpowers. Her Latina Mothers died in an attempt to save her and the Interdimensional Space Lesbian angle was something America made up to deal with her trauma. Right now her Latina status is guaranteed. Now we need to find out WHICH Latin American nationality applies to her. Are her biological parents Puerto Rican, Mexican, Peruvian, Uruguayan, etc? (They're highly unlikely to be Argentinean)
This origin is FAR BETTER for a simple reason: Now America Chavez is a real Latin American character... though not Puerto Rican*.
*= unless at least one of her biological parents is Puerto Rican, she can't claim to be one.
As I've stated before, Her adoptive parents are Nuyorican born and raised in New York, therefore America is NOT Puerto Rican. At best she could make a weak claim at being Nuyorican. But with her being the actual daughter of a Latin American woman, now she can proudly call herself a Latina. Now if we could get retcon the rest of Gabby Rivera's run, the character could improve.
And yes, I still want a Marvel Legends figure of her. Well, now more than ever since they made her an actual Latina instead of an interdimensional being pretending to be a Latina.
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