<P> Elsewhere in the Americas , French settlement took place in the 16th to 20th centuries . They can be found in Haiti , Cuba ( refugees from the Haitian Revolution ) and Uruguay . The Betancourt political families who influenced Peru , Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Puerto Rico , Bolivia and Panama have some French ancestry . </P>
<P> Elsewhere in the Americas , French settlement took place in the 16th to 20th centuries . They can be found in Haiti , Cuba ( refugees from the Haitian Revolution ) and Uruguay . The Betancourt political families who influenced Peru , Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Puerto Rico , Bolivia and Panama have some French ancestry . </P>
when did france first come to latin america
when did france first come to latin america
16th to 20th centuries
16th to 20th centuries