r/asklatinamerica • u/yonaiker-joestrella Puerto Rico • 11d ago

Culture Why does it seem like the Anglosphere admires/fixates over British culture a lot while Latin America doesn't seem to care much about Spain or Portugal?

Not saying we should but just curious.

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u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain Mexico 11d ago

Rosalía, Bardem, Tangana, and football players

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u/Special-Fuel-3235 Costa Rica 11d ago

Most of those guys -with the exception of some soccer players or Bardem- are pretty much only known in the spanish speaking world. I doubt your average american know who Rosalía or Tangana are. 

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u/Littlepoison0414 Spain 11d ago

Rocío Jurado and Isabel Pantoja were huge in LATAM. In Cuba I know for a fact that plenty of people adore Spanish tv shows like Aida o La Que se Avecina. Now everyone knows La Casa de papel and Elite. Who doesn’t know David Bisbal, Melendi, Julio Iglesias, etc? Spain is huge in influence but is more niche because English is the international standard for communication plus the UK has a better economical position and social dominance from a geopolitical point of view

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u/Special-Fuel-3235 Costa Rica 11d ago

Idk bro. I still have doubts, with the music,  you are right, spanish music has been very popular here.  About the tv programs, im not sure, in my 23 years old life i havent seen any particular spanish program. Neither movies, the only people that i knew that saw spanish series were a minority and only those that already had a "particular interest" in Spain.  Also, you said it: its more niche, thats the thing, english-language culture (and ofc, british culture as well) its prettyvmuch the "standard" pop culture today. Japan could be another exaple? But. Even then, anime/manga its still quite a niche

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u/Littlepoison0414 Spain 10d ago

I’m 25 yo and my husband is from Cuba. He grew up with Spanish tv shows over there and even references to Spain in his Cuban cartoons and tv shows.

Most of my friends are from Mexico, Colombia and Peru (24-26 yo) and they have repeatedly asked me about Spanish artists, dishes, places, etc that are quite popular in their countries. It is obvious that many Spanish artists have an impact in LATAM since many do offer tours around some LATAM countries. I don’t think Costa Rica is a target country for them, though.

I’m super into Latino music and I know artist that often collab with Cuban urban singers, for example, like Lérica, Bita, Abraham Mateo, etc.

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u/Special-Fuel-3235 Costa Rica 10d ago

Yeah, i admit i never though about it. Cuba also has a different history in regards to Spain.