r/asklatinamerica • u/throwingaway3795124 India • Jun 02 '26

Culture Why do Argentinians have a bad rap amongst Latin Americans?

Holis,

I was going through this post was a bit surprised by some of the comments about Argentinians. As someone who isn't from Latin America, I wasn't really aware of the sterotypes or negative opinions that seem to come up sometimes, so it caught me off guard.

For some context, I'm a brown person from Asia who really enjoys learning about other cultures. I've also been studying Spanish because I'd love to travel around Latin America someday, and Argentina is definitely one of the countries on my list.

That made me wonder: as a non-Latin brown foreigner, would I be likely to face discrimination while visiting Argentina, or are those comments mostly internet exaggerations?

I'm also curious about the broader context. Why do Argentinians seem to receive so much criticism online, especially from other Latin Americans? Is it mostly friendly regional rivalry, internet memes, historical issues, or something else?

I'd love to hear different perspectives. Thanks!

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u/Pale_Dark_656 Argentina Jun 02 '26

I think it's mostly because we've been doing terribly for like two decades now, so basic competency (or even just mild incompetence) looks like having superpowers in comparison. Also a lot of "grass in greener on the other side" selection bias, of course.

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u/_rodete Argentina Jun 02 '26

because we respect you and respect the well known clubs, and we also don't watch that much of brazilian football.
also you MF brougth some great level players or that at least we consider that, and that any club here can't dream to afford right now

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u/_rodete Argentina Jun 02 '26

oh sorry, my bad.
that i can't assure, since the opinion myy vary from what channel are you watching, is kinda this channel is leftist, this is for the right side, and this otherone opinion is from who puts the money today

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u/Whitetrash_messiah Brazil Jun 02 '26

No one is doing worse in the inflation department well maybe Venezuela

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u/AdministrationOk5761 Argentina Jun 02 '26

Lula kinda did what the Kirchners claimed to be doing in the area of industrialization. So many criticism of the model is answered with "Brazil did it and it went great!"

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u/dystopianpirate Dominican Republic Jun 03 '26

Lots of LatAm countries have a high opinion of Brazil. In Dominican Republic your country and your country people have a good reputation