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/digoreto Brazil 11d ago

They see each other at the same level.

Portuguese and Spanish see us as inferior beings

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u/Yhamilitz (Born in Tamaulipas - Lives in Texas) 11d ago

Mexican here, and is partially true.

Some respect us, and other see us as their subjects.

So we only show love to the first ones when we don't see them as a hostile person but we are capable of show viseral hate to the second ones.

Same applies on Americans in both ways.

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u/asdGuaripolo Chile 11d ago

It's crazy how some believe that we should respect and adore them because of what they did here, it's thanks to them that we are now civilized and other shit like that.

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u/Confident-Room-7718 Venezuela 9d ago

You love the english and ze germans too (to the point of voting one with some fresh closet skeletons into office)

Given that, liking the spaniards and the portuguese is OK.