Full speech: https://www.clarin.com/politica/discurso-completo-javier-milei-cadena-nacional-malvinas_0_X53UbeqWrZ.html

For example say you’re in lake atitlan and decide to walk into town in a bikini?

Odd question, and NOT something I plan to do, but it’s the best thing I could think of to gauge the social climate for my trip.

I guess I’m trying to discern between just getting stares compared to places like Saudi Arabia where such an action can get you attacked or thrown in jail.

I’m travelling with my extended family which includes some unruly teenagers, and I want to be sure they know how to behave.

I was reading about peach and coconut cultures. In peach cultures, people are more friendly and warm with strangers but that doesn’t translates to deep trust and true friendship. In contrast, people from coconut cultures tend to be cold and reserved initially, taking it longer to break initial ice, but they have a soft core meaning it’s easier to befriend them once you pass initial threshold.

Latin American cultures are usually described as peachy.

I’ve personally experienced this warmth with few people I met from Uruguay.

How do you develop deeper relationship with people from this part of the world? what are the signs that someone is seeing you more than just an acquaintance?

How conservative is Guatemala

For example say you’re in lake atitlan and decide to walk into town in a bikini?

Odd question, and NOT something I plan to do, but it’s the best thing I could think of to gauge the social climate for my trip.

I guess I’m trying to discern between just getting stares compared to places like Saudi Arabia where such an action can get you attacked or thrown in jail.

I’m travelling with my extended family which includes some unruly teenagers, and I want to be sure they know how to behave.

Has anyone used the Mercosur temporary residence agreement to settle in another nation? I was curious on if you could use it to settle in a neighboring country without a job. I’m from Colombia but I’m American too and I know that all you need is a clean record and passport etc. I’m curious though if you could just live off your saving in another country without having a job since the cost of living is very low. I do know some countries like Chile don’t accept Colombia because it’s not a full member but I was thinking Argentina/Brazil

Imagine that, for whatever fictional or future reason, the countries from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to South America, including Brazil, needed to choose a completely new shared geographic/civilizational name (an endonym).

The usual names are off the table:

- no America

- no Latin America

- no Ibero-America

- no Hispano-America

- preferably no other compound ending in -America

- No Abya Yala or other too culture specific name

- Same for 'Latin' + something since it goes over latin language from roman culture.

- Not european perspective but people who already live here perspective.

I'm thinking of something that could eventually function like Europe, Africa or Asia: one proper name that comes from us.

Ideally, it would:

- be one word;

- sound reasonably natural in both Spanish and Portuguese;

- not make Brazil feel like it is simply being added to a Spanish-speaking identity;

- not borrow the name of one particular historical people and apply it to everybody else (Colombia or Vespucia);

- not be based on "South", since Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean are included;

- have an easy demonym;

- sound like a real geographic name rather than a political slogan or fantasy kingdom.

What new one-word name could you realistically imagine sounding natural for the whole region?

There's an interesting possible base like: the 'jaguar' or ipe/lapacho/tajy (Handroanthus) which exist all over. So I just find the idea of taking inspiration from the land, biodiversity or natural history more interesting than naming the whole region after one language, empire or country.

Are there any nude beaches or places in Latin America where you can nude sunbathe without worry? I only know of playa zipolite in Oaxaca, Mexico.

(Don’t worry about moral considerations, it’s only for health reasons)

I mean for minors

I recently discovered a singer who sings in a K-pop style but in Quechua and I got obsessed. I identify a little with that because I'm an artist and I love mixing my Brazilian culture with Eastern pop culture references like anime/mangá in my work (and I'm also indigenous) Because of this, I ended up becoming very interested in Andean culture. I found a shop that sells handmade items from there, I bought a coat, I almost bought a hat. I also have a poncho. And I really like cute things with llama/alpaca prints and I intend to try to visit the Andes one day. However, I'm wondering if it's not a little cringe considering it's not my culture.

Cuisines and cultures spread but what food is from your country only?!

I work from 9 am to 6 pm and need a job outside of those hours. Something around 7 pm to midnight would be ideal. Does anyone have any ideas?

While mexico has a insane amount of Aji chiles, it made me wonder if Mexicans have tried peppers from other countries. For example in Chile we have a cultivar in the same family as jalapeños called cacho de cabra, or Perú would be a very good contender with its andean native signature chiles aji amarillo and rocoto, to be honest I find mexicans would absolutely love rocoto for their cuisine both for flavor and heat, its similar to a habanero in spicy but its very aromatic and fruity in flavor and looks like a small apple lol.

In Chile, Peruvian & Bolivian peppers are the most common and available (apart from our domestic ones) and mexican ajis are not common, I assume a similar situation might happen in Mexico except for the super spicy caribbean variants, other peppers arent very common or easy to get so for those who have tried them what do you guys think?

As the title says, which destinations in your country are among the most popular for people in your country doing "turismo interno or domestic tourism?

To give some context, I’ve made a personal goal that from now on, every year I’ll visit a new country during my vacation, starting with some places in Latin America: Argentina first, then Mexico, Chile... and many more in the future.

As a solo traveler, I enjoy interacting with locals when I’m traveling, but I don’t have any international experience yet, besides watching videos from YouTubers who travel solo like me. They give me the impression that people from Brazil are generally well received in most places.

I’m a bit shy to be honest, so I thought a good way to break the ice and make it easier to have some nice interactions, either with locals or with fellow brazilians abroad, would be to subtly “look brazilian” while I’m there. For example, wearing my football shirts (Brazil or Flamengo, for example), flip-flops, or having a Brazil flag keychain on my backpack. I know I’m stereotyping here, but actually It's not much different from how I look when I’m hanging out around Brazil.

I’m wondering if making it too obvious that I’m a foreign tourist could make me too exposed and vulnerable to scams, theft, or other bad situations, so I’m curious whether people think, in your country it’s better to blend in, or It’s worth to look like a tourist in my case?

My coworker friend said this is a very bad idea, and that I could even get beaten up in Argentina for doing this... but I think he’s overstating it a lot.

Hey everyone!

I’m collecting answers through a quick 2-minute anonymous survey to compare perspectives across different Latin American countries.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMHqqr7O7HJ4a7JC2ZdJRcR_DCquL13uscXpmy7_VerI1kQw/viewform

No sign-in is required. Thanks to everyone who takes a moment to click through and submit!

Feel free to share your perspectives in the comments as well!

Which country do people in your country compare it to say it's better? And which country do they compare it to say it's the worst?

A little worried but getting a bus from Cusco to La Paz on Friday then hopefully travelling to Sucre, Uyuni and ending in San Pedro de Atacama. Do you think this will be doable with the current situation?

We are taught to recycle and all here in the USA, but people still often litter and fail to respect the environment.

Hey everyone... I know this isn't a relationship subreddit, but I'm at a lost on how to navigate this situation. I've been dating my partner for close to 2 years now - he's Colombian and I'm Filipina. However, I've been having an extremely hard time getting along with his mother for the entirety of the relationship...

Throughout our relationship, she's criticized everything about me, ranging from how she thinks I'm an alcoholic because I have a couple drinks at family parties (that her family members offer me BTW), she thinks I'm lazy because she hasn't seen me cook/take care of my partner (he lives at home at the moment and we're always at my place since I live alone. I cook ALL his meals when he's over, do his laundry, etc. And even when we do stay at her place, I've cooked for him there too and even cooked a meal for her and her bf), thinks I'm not active enough (I've done long distance running + pilates and weight training 2x a week), etc. The list goes on. If it's not one thing, it's another.

I've been making an effort this entire relationship to get on her good side. I consistently attend family events and try to dance with everyone. I attended her graduation. I offered to help around her house, including asking if i can take out the trash, wash the dishes, and even offering to help her clear out their spare room for her daughter's newborn. I've gone to the gym with her in hopes we can bond more. I've been to all her birthdays and gotten her expensive gifts (she only recently started wishing me happy birthday...) Installed a bidet that I also got her. I've invited her to my family events and my entire family was extremely welcoming. (She hasn't invited my family to anything ever...)

The last straw that made me realize that whatever I do is futile was when she had plans to go to the park with her bf, my partner, his sister, and his sister's bf. My partner asked if I could go and she said no since she wants to spend time with "just the family". Since my partner was already with me, in attempt to compromise, we invited her to hang with my family. She also said no to that, even though his sister and her bf came...

I'm not sure what else to do... And I really hate to flex, but on paper, I feel like I check most boxes? Graduated from a great university on scholarship, I have a high salaried tech job, I volunteer, I have a lot of hobbies, I show up for my family and friends... Am I not enough?

She says it's Colombian culture to court the family and claims that I haven't done enough to court her, but what else can I do? I can admit that I can be shy sometimes in family settings, but I try the best that I can. She says I need to be making more of an effort to appease to her family, however, when she was at my family event, my family made the utmost effort to make her feel welcomed... My partner said she's not a "girl's girl" and has done this to all his past partners. (EDIT: He claims he has defended me, but also agrees that I need to do better… he says that if I truly love him, I’d make the adjustments…)

I've never really encountered this in my culture, so please can someone help me with what I should do? I'd like for us to have a good relationship.

EDIT: Please no name-calling… I still respect her, even if she might not respect me back.

As a Latin American myself I had good experiences in Brazil and Guyana, trying to speak portuguése and English. People seemed interested/amused that I was trying to communicate in their language, and that encouraged me to learn them throughly and want to keep visiting again.

My experience in other places has been vastly different. I don’t want to frame any country, but I will speak that one i’m citizen of: Switzerland. People basically treated me like a caveman because I was trying to communicate in basic Swiss german. Some told me straight to Just speak in English. I kinda felt bad.

Sometimes we latinos look down on ourselves but in this particular human tact I think we still have nice things going on for us.

Edit: I'm coming to understand perhaps it's more of a U.S. based question. Please delete if not allowed. Until then I'm still happy to see what you guys might think.

Hey all! Apologies for the broad question. Let me give a bit of context as to why I'm asking. I hope this is a good question to ask here.

Five generations ago, my family moved from Mexico to the US. Of course, that was a very, very long time ago. I know.

My great grandparents raised my paternal grandparents with complete Spanish. Most of this part of the family is directly Mexican or Tex-Mex. My grandmother then bore my father and his brothers in the US. In the house, they used English. But they were around the rest of my family enough that they could understand Spanish and speak it.

Then, comes me. I was raised speaking English. Not a lick of Spanish. I was raised in a different environment, up north and also in the swampy south of the US. Further away from the Spanish side of the family.

I've always been in a confusing spot. I'm too Spanish for my mother's side, and too gringa for my father's. It creates a slightly disheartening feeling. Being categorized but not necessarily being accepted by either party.

When I see my father's side of the family, I want to speak and relate because I adore them. I want to be like them! I enjoy being around them. However, I always feel like I'll always be different. I always hit a barrier of sorts. It makes my heart sink a little, like I don't fit in. And of course that feeling is exacerbated by the fact that my most fluent sentence is: "Mi español es muy malo, pero estoy aprendiendo."

My parents never taught me anything. I only inherited really good tanning skin.

In my blood, I am Hispanic. However, in culture, I simply can't relate as I was raised differently than everyone else. The good thing is I am doing my best to learn. I've taken a new job where I get to practice my conversational skills more and more. Every successful conversation makes me feel like beaming.

But yes. It feels like I am nearly a phony! I look the part, but don't know a thing about playing it. So that leads me to my question:

To those that *look* like you, but can't completely relate to your lifestyle, how do you feel about them? Would you be able to accept them as your own? What would it take?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Thank you very much. :)

Edit: Also, for clarification, it's less of a "does this label apply to me (I.e. Am I Mexican lol)" and more of "is 'acceptance' possible" if that makes sense. I only add this because I understand what I am. I'm mixed, I'm American, and I'm okay with that! I was just wondering if it's possible to make the gap of "being different" than this side of my family less prominent. And, if so, what it would take to get there. I'm curious as to how people in their situation would view me, as someone who derives from them but is trying to learn again when I wasn't born into it. - Still, I value each response. Each of your input is welcome and very interesting!

Here in the Philippines, it's still a thing and people still do respect and take religion seriously although it's worth noting the newer generations aren't as religious as the older ones. But yeah it's still pretty up there.

I'd say he church attendance went down though. As for our laws, whether some deny it or not - our religion affects our laws. We are the only country aside from Vatican, that doesn't allow divorce. Abortion is illegal here as well because of religiosity.

In my circle, non religious and religious people get uncomfortable discussing religion head on but both like respects Christianity.

I want to know and have an idea about how it works in each of your countries. Salutations.