Kosovo declares independence from Serbia

[Marshal Murat]

When you say 'majority in favor of independence', do you mean a majority of the population was Latino, or the majority of the Latino population?
It's apples and oranges, and I'll explain...

In the United States, we have a strong federal government, and we would like to hold onto all our states. I think if Hawaii wanted to split, we wouldn't have that big a problem, but Southwest? No. Definitely not.

In Yugoslavia, it was a mishmash of cultures and identities. Serbs, Bulgarians, Slavs, Albanians, Macedonians, Bosnians, the list goes on. When Yugoslavia split up, we get a bunch of smaller nations that have their own agenda and identity.

The difference?
Yugoslavia split up, the United States didn't, and those in former Yugoslavia have independent traditions and languages. While the United States may have different ethnic groups and languages, Americans identify each other first as 'Americans', then as 'Irish-American', or 'Italian'.