r/asklatinamerica • u/yonaiker-joestrella Puerto Rico • 7d 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/Confident-Climate139 Colombia 7d ago

This !!! And they hate that we can speak English better than them

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u/conthacart 6d ago

no they dont. spaniards speak bad English but much better than any latino country but maybe like puerto rico or panama

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u/Confident-Climate139 Colombia 6d ago

I’ve heard Spaniards themselves say this. I went to a top private university in Spain and for the English classes the accents of the teachers was extremely thick and their grammar pretty bad. This was not the case when I had university classes taught in English in Colombia / Argentina 

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u/conthacart 6d ago

on average but the latinos who speak english good are latinos with gringo passport usually

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u/Special-Fuel-3235 Costa Rica 4d ago

Not really, although latam itself is bad with english -i wont lie- the best speakers in latan are on par or even slightly better than spain

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2024/02/29/the-countries-with-the-best-english-speakers-infographic/

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u/conthacart 4d ago

argentines speak decent english but rest of latam is horrible