What’s something that’s iconic in your country that comes from a different Latin American country? What country does it come from?
What’s something that’s iconic in your country that comes from a different Latin American country? What country does it come from?
Comments
Chaves, better know to spanish speakers as El Chavo del Ocho
Luis Miguel is associated with Mexico but he is actually Puerto Rican.
Cumbia (we have our own version but it was originally popularized by Colombian immigrants).
Cumbia (we have our own version but it was originally popularized by Colombian immmigrants).
EDIT: idk why the last word is censored
Yo Uruguay, tell everyone about all those things that are “yours” now.
Tamarind. It’s a plant from Africa that probably got here during the colonial period but it’s iconic. Tarugos (tamarind pulp balls with sugar and/or chili powder) are sold everywhere.
Pisco Sour. It comes from Chile
Lol I do love teasing Peruvians about Chile
[deleted]
Basketball. But we made it better.
After all, the 3-point shot actually originated in PR.
Kaoma – Lambada is originally from somewhere else in South America
Mofongo is from Puerto Rico but is pretty popular in Dominican Republic.
Panama hats (Ecuadorian).
Ceviche, the original one is Peruvian, we’ve changed ours a fair bit tho
Dominoes and Pelea de gallos are huge here but dominoes are chinese and pelea de gallos I’m not 100% sure but it also might be chinese or indian
Andrés Bello. Despite being Venezuelan born, he was a central person for the creation of the Chilean Civil Code and Universidad de Chile.
Brazilian hotdog or “dogão”
https://preview.redd.it/jnt1dxsv80te1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eae61bec899111116671d642192382844427fca6
Hi, I’ve come to rescue Paraguay.
Paraguay is home to yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) and stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), no less. All the Southern Cone region is indebted to the Mbyá Guaraní people due to their use of yerba, which spread in colonial times, and yes, it’s iconic here in Argentina.
Maximo Gomez, Generalissimo of Cuban War of Independence. It was offered to him to be the first president in Independent Cuba, but he refused, saying it should be a Cuban born person. He was born and grew up in Dominican Republic.
The famous (or infamous) Che Guevara, who was born and grew up in Argentina.
Fernet Branca, dulce de leche and alpargatas (espadrilles) are definitely held as iconic by Argentines, but were not invented here.
The alpargatas thing hasn’t been debated yet, and may come as a surprise for some people that they’re not an Argentine invention.
Cumbia, staple of chilean “tropical” musical scene, its Colombian
Salsa es de Nueva York
Pura vida phrase comes from a mexican comedian
Everything? Chile is a collage of other countries, but chileans hate and deny this fact. I guess it is just ignorance. Chile was a naturally isolated and not relevant, colonized by different groups of inmigrants country for centuries.