Since you ask, and since I know you understand and respect the complexities of human history, I will summarize about me: I'm a product of two worlds both old and new, but primarily the old because I lived and largely was educated there, in the old world - in England. Most of my adult life now has been spent in America, but my cultural and historic and personal awareness are all tied much more to the old country. I was the first in six generations who migrated to the Caribbean in the 18th century to be in England again. It's complicatd, like many if not most stories of migration. As far as Spain, I spent several holidays there when I was young, and nowadays I am still interesed by the legacy of Spain here in the New World. I have travelled a lot in the past 20 years around the wider Caribbean/Latin America and always look for the evidence of the Spanish past there. For instance, this month I was in Puerto Rico and staying in Old San Juan where the original city was, so there was the fort that the Spanish king built to guard the island. I think this was Felipe II? Anyway, what amuses me is that in several places I've visited now - including Havana, Cuba; Cartagena, Colombia; San Juan, Puerto Rico - there is this very similar fort guarding against us (the British!), and always referred to as "El Morro". Even the architecture is very similar in each one, with the small round towers or turrets along the walls. In the end, it was only the Americans who came and took Puerto Rico. The British had plans on other islands