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Especially with Hispanic characters, I'd pay attention to underlying race (Hispanics can be white, black, indigenous, Asian, mixed, etc.) and class. Someone who's ancestors were wealthy land owners in Mexico (or some of the founding fathers of their hometown) is going to have very different influences than the descendant of Haitian slaves. They both are Hispanic.
I've been told that in Texas, at least as of about 30 years ago, there was also a difference between "Spanish American" and "Mexican", and that miscalling the former a "Mexican" is fightin' words. This apparently derived from the old class differences between upperclass folk of mostly Spanish extraction, and native Mexican Indians. I have no idea if it still applies today.