Talk:Culture of Latin America

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Actually, as an Andean South American myself, I would argue, that like Colombia, Venezuela has more in common with the Caribbean culture, than with "southern" south america and the andean region.

Observations
This article is full of original reaserch, opinions, generalisations and taken-for-granted stuff. For example this thing of "mexicanized Spanish" is bulls**t since every Spanish-speaking country has its own form of Spanish and Mexico's is not radically different from any other's. Actually Mexico has a more neutral Spanish than, say, Cuba or Argentina.

Talking about Latin American culture is as risky as talking about an "Eurasian culture" or a "pan-African culture". We all know that Latin America is a huge region and every country has its own traditions. By creating an unified "Latin American identity" we make the same mistake many people of Latin American descent living in the US do: self-segregation, self-stereotyping, and a lazy attitude towards the history of each country. The errors of this article lie in several statements: "Traditionally, Mexicans have struggled with the creation of a united identity" is a personal opinion. Somehow virtually all nations have struggled for their identities and Mexico is not an extraordinary case. I don't know where this myth of the "Mexican identity struggle" comes from but it's partly a mass media invention. Another statement: "The north of Mexico is the least culturally diverse due to its very low Native American population" is an original research. Culture doesn't means native populations, if so, Canada and the US would be culturally void, which is not the case. "Northern Mexicans are also more americanized due to the common border with the United States." I don't think so, Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana are typical third world cities with no evident link to the US. Mexico City and Guadalajara are by far more americanised. "Poorer Mexicans, by contrast, live a harsh life, although they share the importance they grant to family, friends and cultural habits". C'mon, this "family" thing is biggest stereotype about Mexicans... Also please use the proper English names to refer things: I changed "muralismo" to muralism, "testimonio" to testimony, ect.--Scandza (talk) 13:21, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You know what else is mass media invention? Latin America, or thinking that Latin America can be a single culture. There is no "Latin American Culture". The whole thing about "hermanos latinoamericanos" and all of that makes me sick. I'm latino.

Oh, and southern cone: We get it, you're white!!
 * Well, I consider myself to be South American, not Latin American. This is, by the way, the Brazilian stance concerning regional integration issues.--Rivet138 (talk) 15:37, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Regions
Yeah I agree. Also there seems to be a lot of Mexico under the regions heading; as well as a brief andes section. Nicely summarised there. One other thing-do "most countries in South America speak Portugese"?
 * Indeed, there's an overwhelming imbalance in the coverage of Mexico. I've added as stubs other regions, which need to be written up.  --Jbmurray 01:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi! I am a student at The College of Wooster currently taking a Latin America and United States history course. When reading about the religions in the various regions within Latin America, I thought it would be a good idea to expand on the prevalence of the religion in relation to culture and politics in these regions. I argue that by expanding on the various religions throughout the different regions of Latin America, one can gain a more comparative understanding of the regions as a whole along with solidifying cultural influences through religion, rather than just statistics. Just a suggestion to elaborate on the role of these religions in Latin America. Sezshana (talk) 21:04, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Dance
There seems to be a lot of dancing happening under the Religion heading. Maybe a little more info on the religions found in Latin American countries and the importance and roles that they play in the lives of the people would be better placed here. While I understand dancing has large cultural significance, I'm not so sure it qualifies as religion. Ppfooie 00:33, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Ppfooie

I question the neutrality of the "Dance" section because it mentions how latin dancing is "sexy" and "risque". The author of this section says that latin music makes people want to dance togather. The section does little in the way to reference traditional dance in Latin America. Furthermore, no statement in the section is cited.

Given the combination of what I have said, it sounds to me like someone is confusing "Dancing With The Stars" as latin culture.

Duplication
There is much duplication between this page and what's found at Latin America and also Latin American literature, Latin American art etc. All of these pages could do with much improvement in a coordinated manner. --Jbmurray 01:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Why not add Mexico into Central America?
I mean, hey, if even the UN maps say Mexico goes with Central America. It's not as if Mexico was a Brazil either (They speak Spanish like the rest of Central America) for their culture is very similar to those of their Southern neighbors. That's my proposal. MarshalN20 16:32, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Mexico is not a part of Central America, only the UN, i think, considers it. Another, i forget who, considers the 5 southern states part of C.A. But, Mexico isn't usually, or ever, included.
 * As for their culture, it might be similar, but then again, the Caribbean coasts doesn't share the same culture. The Caribbean coasts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica have more in common with Caribbean nations than they do with the Pacific coast, but that is no reason to include them under "Caribbean" right? I don't think Mexico should be included with Central America. -- LaNicoya  •Talk•  22:56, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I'm not doubting Mexico is a North American nation, because if one goes to factual speaking, then Central America is also North America. About the Caribbean, I have to somewhat disagree for neighboring nations tend to somewhat influence the culture of, well, it's neighbor. That's how it always has happened. Mexico is of course a varied land itself (Much larger than its Caribbean or Southern neighbors); but then again, South American countries are also each distinct from each other with only the usual neighbor cultural connections (Which over the years themselves have further diversified). Nevertheless, the article still sets them together as one because it is logical. Brazil speaking Portuguese and having a pro-Portuguese culture is what deserves their distinction from the rest of Spanish speaking South America, but Mexico has the Spanish of Central America, along with parts of the Mayan culture of Central America and is a pro-Hispanic country like Central America. Of course, Mexico has little influence from the Caribbean, but its culture still has strong ties with Central America for the most (Certainly Mexico can't be compared a similar to the United States or Canada, in cultural-similarity terms). That's just my proposal though, if the majority of the rest of you want to keep it the way it is, then let it be as the majority wants. Meanwhile, I'll keep expanding the small stubby sections within the article. MarshalN20 01:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

This should be deleted in my country Brazil we normally don't hear a lot of music in spanish .I think that we have to be put in separate because our language is different, the colonizator was different.This thing trying to creat a latin american identity is very boring.Latin american culture, latin american music..... The 2 only countries that we normally are more connected is with the uruguai and argentina mostly because of the football. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.17.99.243 (talk) 01:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Beans and different dishes in latin america
I, as a latin american; have noticed that a majority of countries have red beans ("frijoles" or "chili") as one of each country's main dish. Could someone talk about how red bean dishes are prepared (differed from each other) in each country which has it as national dish? (an example would be that the one in mexico differs from the one in colombia) thank you and sorry if there are mistakes Minako-Chan* (talk) 14:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I Don't think that beans are common in all latin-America. Actually it seem that it is more common in the caribean/central American prt of it. In south cone the food are more European mediterranean like. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.59.166 (talk) 15:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

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