I have had a question for a long time. Well, as long as I have been living in South America. It is a question that I am sometimes afraid of asking, because it carries a long weight of cultural prejudice and ignorance with it, but it is a question I can't avoid wondering about, can't avoid asking.
If you are dealing with stereotypes, Latinos, Spanish and Portuguese speakers in South America, are gregarious, friendly, sociable people who form close family groups and social groups. Of course, there is always a gamut of personality traits and the worst interpretation of this stereotype, of Latin America as a continent full of carefree, non-stop partying, is obviously only a dream sold to tourists. But in general, yes, people in Latin America have way better social skills than people in the United States. People tend to be more familial, more friendly, more able to easily talk and communicate, more free with their feelings, more expressive. However you want to phrase it, while it isn'…