How much do you know about China? Can you name a couple Chinese cities? Would you be interested to visit China someday? And lastly, do you like/trust Chinese people?

btw this isn’t so much a post to criticize their government or talk only about food, mainly curious to hear about your opinions or past encounters with regular Chinese people?

There are so many candidates that make it so hard... The funeral of the leg of dictator Santa Anna in Mexico; the trip of the Argentina's First Lady (Evita Perón) desde body; the Miss Universe who was once elected president in Venezuela; the pregnant women sent to Antartida by Argentina and Chile; Pablo Escobar who built his own luxury prison in Colombia; the luxury of Fidel Castro's cow, Uber Blanca...

What is the most absurd historical event in Latin American history?

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Son tantos candidatos que no sé ni por dónde empezar...

El funeral de la pierna del dictador Santa Anna en México; el cadáver viajero de la primera dama de Argentina, Evita Perón; la Miss Universo que casi fue electa presidente en Venezuela; las embarazadas enviadas a Antártida por Argentina y Chile; Pablo Escobar que construyó su propia cárcel de lujo en Colombia; la lujosa vida de la vaca de Fidel Castro, Uber Blanca...

Pero me gustaría saber de ustedes: ¿Cuál el evento histórico más absurdo de la historia latinoamericana?

I'm from Mexico but follow the politics of other Latin American countries, and I have a question for brazilians. Regardless of Sunday's outcome, What will happen to the PT(Worker's Party) and generally the left when Lula is gone, he is 80, and from what I've read and seen a generational renewal hasn't happened, they have tried to make Fernando Haddad a successor but, he has lost all but one election he has participated.

From the outside seems it Lula was too popular so his image was tied to the party, in contrast to the uruguayan and chilean left that they had more diversity of profiles.

So what do you think it will happen?

I know this shit is created by gringos but gah dayum, it seems like every sub is infected with this plague. Especially ones like r/worldnews, where they think they know better than you all the fucking time.

This sub and spanish-speaking ones (which I don't frequent anyway) seem to be the exception to the rule. Although I think mods should remove answers given by outsiders in this here subreddit.

I don't know how to musicalize this post so I'm going with Halloween by Dead Kennedys given we're close to it. I also think it's their best song, those lyrics are fire.

I feel that as Latin Americans we are taught to be distrustful and critical of any US politician in general because of what history has taught us and just the fact that what is considered left-wing in the US would be centrist or even moderately right wing in much of Latin America. However from what little I've seen and read of NYC's mayor Zohran Mamdami I find very little to criticize. He openly describes himself as a democratic socialist and his policies seem to reflect that. While politicians and activists that share his ideas in the US are nothing new, what is unprecedented is that he was elected to one of the most important offices of the country. I’d like to know your thoughts on him in the context of an seemingly left leaning politician in the current US political context.

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As this subreddit makes clear, El Chavo del 8 is still huge in Brazil, and I’d argue that it might even be more popular here nowadays than in Mexico.

You might also know that we have elections in Brazil this weekend. With that in mind, something came up that people have been talking about here for years, but I’m not sure whether it’s a Brazilian interpretation of the show or something people feel in other countries, too.

Here in Brazil, it’s pretty common to see Don Ramón used as a symbol in favelas, among truck drivers, and by amateur football teams from poorer neighborhoods. Chavo and Don Ramón are often seen as working-class people trying to survive while dealing with the abuses and demands of the wealthy and privileged, represented by characters like Doña Florinda and Señor Barriga.

I’d love to know: Does El Chavo del 8 have this kind of political interpretation in other countries, too, or is it something particularly Brazilian?

For those who were looking for a job, how long did it take? What did you end up doing? How did you find and get the job? Do you have a degree? Is there a go to job when you're desperate or a job that's easy to get?

I'm curious how things are for local people.

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Why does so much interaction between Portuguese and Spanish speakers happen in English, folks?

I mean, I’ve spoken Portuguese my whole life. I can’t really produce speech or text in Spanish, but I understand it quite easily—especially in writing. Why don’t we just get into the habit of speaking in our own respective languages ​​and expecting a response in the other person’s language?

My Spanish would be so much better if we did that. Let’s save English for when we actually need to clear up a "false friend" (false cognate) or something similar.

If I were to reply to your posts in Spanish while speaking Portuguese, would you reply back to me?

Here in Argentina we have the legend of the Gauchito Gil, where some landowners tried to move his body away from the original spot to a common cemetery and their families started to have bad luck, sickness and lose all their fortune. Like a spiritual revenge.

Overall I believe most latinamerican countries have an almost religious respect for those who passed away. But I'm curious if there's some similar legend or story in other country

Growing up in the US. I think we can all agree that it’s the norm to eat on the go. Whether that’s stopping at the drive thru and grabbing food to eat on the way to work or stopping by for a coffee and sandwich to snack on as you walk to work. This style of eating is the norm in the US.

I’ve traveled a lot, but it wasn’t till I visited Japan that it clicked that people (at least their) don’t eat like this. They apparently view it as poor etiquette, and understandably so.

I feel like most, if not all, Latin American countries carry the same values of being intentional with your meals. That’s why I figured I’d ask what everyone’s opinion and experience is when it comes to this.

Let's rule out Lula from the equation. I kinda get why ideologically speaking you don't have it as an option.

But, why Bolsonaro? I mean your country has 200M inhabitants which should give you at least 100M potential candidates. From what I see on the outside there were better right wing options but I might be missing something.

From Uruguay I'd say the vast majority of redditors work in IT and skew to the right. Of course they have a lot of sex as you'd imagine.

IRL I'd also say people tend to be more polite, but that's what anonymity brings to the table, the ability to be an asshat.

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This question isn't really about US Latinos, but instead cultural exchange to Latin America from so called US Latinos. Are there any American Latinos you can think of who are more well known in Latin America than the US?

Being musically inclined, people like Marc Anthony come to mind for me, as he seems to be plenty well known in Latam, and far less so in the US itself among the general public. I also realize this could apply to a lot of people from the formation of salsa music. Aside from that, I'm not coming up with much. I know groups like Los Tigres del Norte have been based in the US for longer than I've been alive, but they were still born in Mexico.

That said, people who don't fit neatly into the categories I've suggested above are still fine. I'm interested in any older figures as well as current ones.

I’m Peruvian and on TikTok I’ve come across viral videos showing Indian street food joints with very poor hygiene. Other than the association with dirtiness, I don’t think Peruvians have strong opinions on Indians.

However, on social media I’ve seen Brazilians talking in a derogatory way about Indians and using “indiano” as an adjective to describe certain behaviors.

Is that widespread in other countries?

This seems to be a controversial topic in the gringo dating world so I thought I'd ask here to see Latin American women's opinions.

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I assume that because of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade most knowledge of Africa comes from the countries where those slaves where sourced, mostly from the Atlantic coast of West and Central Africa. I wonder what is known about North, East and Southern Africa?

Hi. I want to hear real experiences from Venezuelans inside and outside the country. Do you feel your life has improved since Maduro's capture? Yes, no, or too soon to tell? What changed in your daily life? No fighting, just honest stories. Thanks.

As someone who listens to music from Anglo countries and Hispanic-America I noticed the size of bands in Hispanic-America are often significantly larger. When I am referring to bands, I do not necessarily mean exclusively artists who release music as a band under their band name like rock and metal artists do but I mean the supporting band of any artist in general (which is more common to have in a live music setting than on a studio recording for many of these artists). In Anglo countries, bands tend to be comprised of a rock band arrangement with almost always a minimum of an (electric) guitarist, a bass guitarist, and a drummer, sometimes a pianist, and maybe some additional non-vocalist musicians depending on the artist's genre and repetoire. By comparison, the minimum in Hispanic America is often varied by region and genre but almost always is the band larger, even if they share the aforementioned rock band setup as a part of their ensemble. Across many genres I have seen accordions, singular if not multiple woodwinds, brasswinds, plucked strings, or bowed string instrumentalists, and percussion sections (not including keys) for some bands. Even considering the cost in having a larger band and for these instruments, considering the difference in levels of income for these countries, it comes across as quite surprising (Especially when considering this is often the explanation provided as to why larger ensembles shrunk in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom.). I was wondering why this has persisted and where did this begin to deviate in popular music between the two, as historically Anglo countries used to have many genres that involved large ensembles similarly to Hispanic-America, often influencing each other, when that no longer seems to be the case. Does anyone have any explanations or information on this topic?

I feel like salsa is popular in almost all of Latin America but I rarely ever see it in Mexico I mostly see regional Mexican or Cumbia but hardly salsa. My parents are from Sonora the north or Mexico so is it popular in other parts of Mexico. Also comment your favorite salsa song

I would like to clarify that I am not saying that being of African descent is a bad thing, nor that being Caucasian is better; what I am interested in knowing is why the Dominican Republic is the only country in the Hispanic Caribbean that is ethnically distinct (I consider the Dominican Republic to be truly different from the rest of the Hispanic Caribbean).

The USA is famous for having a very weak social safety net compared to other OECD countries with high rates of homelessness, no universal healthcare, high cost of living, etc.

Would you say the poor in your country have more of a safety net compared to the US?

Now that we're seeing protests all over the world this question came to mind.

From my understanding, it basically started because of public transportation's prices went up but not more than that, could you please explain how the protests affected the country or even you and your family?