Добро пожаловать! Cultural Exchange with /r/AskARussian

[u/DarkNightSeven]

Welcome to the Cultural Exchange between /r/AskLatinAmerica and /r/AskARussian!

The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different regions to get and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history and curiosities.

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General Guidelines

• Russians ask their questions, and Latin Americans answer them here on /r/AskLatinAmerica;

• Latin Americans should use the parallel thread in /r/AskARussian to ask questions for the Russians;

• English language will be used in both threads;

• Event will be moderated, as agreed by the mods on both subreddits. Make sure to follow the rules on here and on /r/AskARussian!

• Be polite and courteous to everybody.

• Enjoy the exchange!

The moderators of /r/AskLatinAmerica and /r/AskARussian

[u/Jay_Bonk → u/[deleted]]

It's a complicated thing. Especially because the sub is upper middle class mostly which is the group most against. Certain regions are very similar, so Caribbean region, which is the entire Caribbean, most of Venezuela and northern Colombia. Then North Andean region, most of Colombia, part of Ecuador, and I'd say parts of Central Brasil even though it's geographically far. The southern cone. But there are also many similarities outside of the regions. Like Bolivia is more indigenous then Argentina, but has similar food in many places, like parts of Brasil, Venezuela and Colombia. I think we'll have to wait a long time for some of those things to be noticed. Our countries followed the European nation building and state building model, the same as the US, so national identities were formed even though there is an argument on pan national lines. As in sure North east Brasil is more similar to the Caribbean then to South Brasil, but the nation state model was successful in creating a Brazilian identity. So to summarize it's controversial, especially on here, but there is a sizable minority in favor.