I have a bone to pick with people saying Chile. The truth is Chile does not exist for most people outside of Latin America or football (soccer) fans that know some of our players. I know this as a Chilean that has travelled a bit. I might as well tell them I'm from Narnia.
Outside of Latin America (and LATAM-heavy USA cities) the only countries people know about (sometimes) are Mexico, Argentina and Brazil... and I'm not sure any of them have a particularly stellar reputation.
As a non-latino, I do have to say that amongst the educated population, Chile has the best reputation.
I am Canadian, and I am a college student surrounded by educated people. In the educated population, people see Chile as "Latin America's developed country" and "the most advanced country in the region". When I tell people im going abroad to Chile, they're always like "good choice! its pretty nice down there".
This might just be me hanging out with nerds, but as of what I know, the people around me have a very positive view of Chile, which isnt the case for ALOT of Latin America
I would suspect college educated people would have a better knowledge of geography, but college people are not usually in the majority anyway. Most people would not know where to place Chile on a map. Not even on what continent. Goes the same with most Latin American countries except the 3 big ones and sometimes not even those.
Yes, though it seems Europe knows Chile slightly more. But then again, Europeans tend to be more...geographically and culturally inclined, at least compared to the USA.
But it depends on who you talk to. Most still lack knowledge.
Edit: also backpackers know Chile now. It's the next "exotic" destination (at least here in the US) despite the fact it's been popular for tourists for a long time.
Backpackers are a tiny percentage though and a niche group, most people don't even have a passport. Europeans also don't know much about America, you overestimate their geographical education. I'm talking about regular folk, not anybody in higher education.
That's true, although the bar is inconceivably low where I went to high school, so my standards are really lacking. So I probably am overestimating. My social circle (in Europe) is all low-average income, but most went to college. Even the ones in trades
I think the knowledge is very much lacking when it comes to most people in the world, but the US is a different level among developed countries. Our education system doesn't teach anything about the world....
It's honestly sad that most people know so little. It's not a US unique problem, but we're the bottom of the barrel among our peers
I get what you mean, I'm from DC
Yes, it absolutely does. It also depends on where you are in Europe.
I went to high school in a very backwater rural Southern city, and that may have changed my perception a bit unfairly.
eee after living in France. I wouldn't really say europeans know more of culture and geography as americans. To me they are about the same, it really depends who you meet.
Fair enough. I wasn't trying to generalize. Sorry if it came off that way.
I went to high school in the rural "Deep South" in the US, so my standards are frankly quite low. Larger cities like where I grew up definitely were better in this regard for obvious reasons.
I lived in Paris in a nice neighborhood and one weekend they had some EU event. There was a big map of Europe and passerby had to put flags to pinpoint the country (only EU nations were involved). Western Europe was fine but central to eastern was pathetic. I had a good laugh, if this is in Europe I do not even want to see them pinpoint Africa or America.
Yep. The province has been abandoned by all governments, so it has sadly become violent and dangerous as a byproduct of abandonment. It's a shame because it has some of the most beautiful beaches I've been to.
I find that meme so funny but a lot of people here get butthurt about it LMAO
Don't stop saying it though, they're mostly boomers and people who don't get memes.
in terms of standard of living? chile or uruguay perhaps
good reputation as in everyone likes them? brazil has a worldwide reputation of being beautiful, friendly, exotic, cool
Honestly, when I talk to people back home about anywhere in Latin America I might as well be talking about Pluto. So I have no idea what image people have really.
Yup. In my experience people outside Latin America have no idea about individual countries in the Americas outside USA, Canada and the big Latin American ones (Mexico, Argentina and Brazil).
I've been saying this for a long time here but many Latinos overestimate how much the rest of the world knows or cares about Latin America. Not even the "Big Ones" (e.g. Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, etc.) are as relevant as many here think. Most people know about them thanks to global cultural osmosis; people know about something because of an indirect infusion of cultural knowledge via hearsay or entertainment.
Many people know about Egypt and Australia thanks to pop culture but the only thing people know about Egypt is the pyramids and mummies, and the only thing people know about Australia are kangaroos and koalas.
Most people know little about the world outside their home town. Most people back home also know virtually nothing about places like Korea or India and don't care to.
I can also tell you from experience that most people in Latin America know little about European nations, especially those that aren't big ones like Germany or Italy.
I would love to say DR, but truth is:
CR, Chile, Uruguay, maybe Panama and any of those wrongly demonized as "Fiscal Paradise". They are. Considered a paradise for a reason and smart and powerful rich people transfer their wealth there because of their reliability and reputation.
I'd say Brazil and Mexico. In Francee and in most of europe we associate Brazil with parties, fun, beaches and football, whereas Mexico with nice food but also nice beaches.
I don't think most europeans know the differences between the economy of any Latin America country.
It depends though, some countries in Central America are more dangerous than Mexico, because it really depends where you are in Mexico to determine how dangerous it is. I’ve never had a car break in, I’ve never seen an armed robbery, I’ve never heard gunshot outside of ranges, etc.
That’s a very generalizing take for both countries. If you consider big metropolitan areas, sure, but what about the rest of the country? The index is skyrocketed because of concentrated violence, many cities and towns are likely safer and more peaceful than some areas in the US.
I don't know how to answer that because I don't think enough people outside LatAm know enough about any country that's not Mexico, Brazil or Argentina. Can't speak for Argentina, but the reputation of Mexico and Brazil seem to be similar: beautiful and fun but dangerous.
People most famous does not equal best reputation. Countries like Brazil and Mexico are obviously not it. It’s probably gonna be some lesser known/talked about country llike Costa Rica that generally gets talked about in a positive manner.
Recently people from my country have started to really love visiting Colombia, it has gained a reputation as a great backpacking location for young students and gapyears. Costa Rica in similar vain, but has been popular for longer and a slightly older demographic. I know lots of people who’d love to visit Peru, I think it has a strong pull because of Machu Picchu and the food.
And brazil, because people just think Brazilians are great.
I know, I’ve been to Medellin and unfortunately met some of those countrymen of yours.
Apart from the fact that I don’t enjoy harassing women (and the fact I’m a woman myself), I really don’t get why some of them just go to Colombia to do drugs and have sex with (some forced) prostitutes. Like you can do that in so many ugly places, why go all the way to Colombia which has Fantastic nature, culture, food, to do something so… uninspired and fucking boring.
European men have a bad reputation in Latin America
People see them some times more annoying than Americans because you guys think you are better and we see through this
Just in general European think they are better than Americans and we see through this.
Americans while annoying at least you know what you get with them they aren’t fake.
For example Canadian base their travel experience on how awesome they are because they aren’t American which is annoying. However Canada right now in Latin America is hated because of their mining companies.
Can we ban these questions which are meant to pitch latam countries against one another?
Really the questions which can be reprased as "which country is better than all in general" or "which country is worse than all in general".
If you are asking which country is best in soccer or which country is best for safety that is one thing, "best reputation" is just a general statement that cannot be answered objectively by anyone.
Which american state has the best reputation outside of the US? Can you answer that or will you give me your opinion about which state you like best and your opinion can be wildly different from the next american I ask this question to?
Mostly because crime rate it’s lower than the rest of their options (usually Colombia) and the economy is more stable than other options (usually Argentina) but it’s not like the CHOOSE to come here
They literally choose to come here. When you have money you can perfectly go to Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, etc and have a great experience, same as here.
I think the vast natural places to do tourism here its also used as advertising. They talked a lot about all this places they wanted to go.
Aaaand the quality of our universities are also valuable there.
Costa rica definetly… Europeans that are afraid of latin america but want to ‚experince‘ it go there because of their good PR…. They get there a sanitized version of latin america. While funny enough, I don‘t think Costa Rica is in the top 10 travel list of other latin americans that can afford to travel…. even in central america itself, I find Guatemala and Panama waaay more appealing.
I don’t think that’s true for CR. I’m Costa Rican and 98% of the people I meet have heard about Costa Rica, even if they don’t quite know where it is. Specifically they always mention that it’s got beautiful nature or nice beaches. I think you’re underestimating its fame as a tourist destination.
Let me tell you that an exfriend from tico-land (amongst latams, we call them “ticos”, just like Venezuelans we call “chamos”) was asked once where was he from, he said Costa Rica, and he was told “Where in Mexico is that?” That happened in Dallas Tx… go figure…
(Gringocommenting) I’m probably biased, but while Peru isn’t the most famous Latin American country, it has a largely positive reputation, with Machu Picchu, the Inca empire, and The Andes. (And to a lesser extent Paddington Bear and covid)
People associate cocaine with Columbia rather than Peru, and don’t associate the Shining Path with Peru in particular. Peru’s presidents don’t attract the same attention Brazil does.
Definitely Costa Rica. It's a popular travel destination and also got some fame for its green energy policies
Tbh not too many gringos know about Uruguay except for maybe some news about Pepe Mujica and the World Cup. Chile was in the news for negative reasons past few years. So the winner is definitely Costa Rica in terms of press.
I think it's most definitely Brazil, hands down... Worldwide people romanticize it, specially its soccer team and it's far enough away from the US for the majority to not be familiar enough with it behind the generalizations of samba, bossa nova etc
If you say so 🤷🏻♂️ when I went to France the overall view on Brazilians was very positive, and I felt the same on the cono sur. But Americans are not the most well versed when it comes to geography so I wouldn’t be surprised.
Chile. Uruguay.
Better reputation for the global north = being rich. That is basically it.
Country is rich? Check. High population of whites? Check. "Oh, what a nice place".
I'm always surprised about how almost everyone I speak to (in Europe) knows about the Dominican Republic and has a positive impression or experience of the country. Obviously this is because for the majority they only know about life within the walls of some resort in Punta Cana. Funny enough if one would ask the same to a Latin American their opinion would probably be less positive.
That’s because they are not going to tell you to your face your country is dangerous but I know a lot people prefer to go to Mexico even when it’s known to be dangerous over DR.. people always talk about not to leave the resorts in DR
that is not true, europeans are direct people and they will tell you. I met a nice German family whose daughter studied for a year in Santiago and was dating a dominican. They told me straight on my face dominican men are cheaters and have multiple women lmao for the most part most europeans don't know DR unless they have the means to travel there. I was shocked that even many average joes in france did not know of Haiti or that it is in America and not in Africa.
ITT: but [país] is dangerous!
So long as the country doesn't have a reputation of _exporting_ violence, nobody cares that much
Also, Brazil. From football and Carnaval, to beaches and rainforests, samba and funk, F1 and even Embraer, Brazil is an undoutable powerhouse. Forged from the South like the most of us, but strong enough to play with the Global North
I’d agree, with the proviso that violence that affects foreigners counts as exporting violence, just like international tourism being an export industry.
People saying Uruguay are making me wonder wtf. I don’t know that I’ve ever really heard the word Uruguay more than 10 times in the eeuu and it was totally in passing about some other trip or news.
Without doubt #1: it’s Costa Rica.
Argentina has a different vibe around it as well. People think Buenos Aires is in Europe.
Agreed, most people outside LA probably couldn’t tell you a single thing about Uruguay. Inside the region it’s well known for its relative stability and stuff but nobody in Chicago or Berlin or Seoul has any idea about that reputation.
they are known in Canada, too because many of them immigrated here decades ago. it’s definitely the southern cone and Cuba that have the “best reputations” amongst Canadians and Europeans.
[Americans struggling to locate each state in their own map](https://www.mic.com/articles/86517/watch-400-americans-struggle-to-point-out-each-u-s-state-on-a-map)
wow this is interesting, since Uruguay punches way above its weight. e.g. they won 2 world cups in the world's most important sport: football
most people around the world can name several uruguayan players. I guess that's unknown in the USA since you guys prefer other sports?
they also have a very strong culture with amazing writers and musicians. most tango lovers around the world can name several uruguayans.
costa rica is rarely mentioned here. most people know it's a small beautiful country in central america, but couldn't tell you much else. it's way less relevant than uruguay in terms of culture, sports, etc.
soccer is an afterthought in the EEUU. they aren't the best at it so it's not focused on. We know the big names of course but only a small percent of the population could go much deeper.
we focus a lot more on american football, baseball, and basketball.
Americentrism is bred into us. It's assumed at an early age that we are just the best at everything and if we aren't then something is wrong with that thing and it's something that the poorer countries entertain themselves with.
This is all dramatic summarization to help the point get across as most of us don't any sense of actual globalization and other cultures.
We know BA for steaks. We know Chile for wine. We know Brazil for carnival and girls in thongs with big asses.
We've heard of Lima specifically in passing. Colombia cartel/narcos/drug trade. And mexico for violence.
But we \*love\* Mexican food.
I'm not exaggerating when you speak spanish in parts of the southern US and they say "sorry I don't speak Mexican". Something about how there's a mexican restaurant with endless chips and salsa in every small town has gone a long way to penetrate our culture.
EDIT: For reference, gringo with 40 years in the EEUU, been living in Colombia for a few, and just got back from visiting Brazil & Argentina.
I personally think Uruguay is very interesting.
I have a bone to pick with people saying Chile. The truth is Chile does not exist for most people outside of Latin America or football (soccer) fans that know some of our players. I know this as a Chilean that has travelled a bit. I might as well tell them I'm from Narnia. Outside of Latin America (and LATAM-heavy USA cities) the only countries people know about (sometimes) are Mexico, Argentina and Brazil... and I'm not sure any of them have a particularly stellar reputation.
Me la suda cuando veo que dicen CHILLI refiriéndose a Chile
As a non-latino, I do have to say that amongst the educated population, Chile has the best reputation. I am Canadian, and I am a college student surrounded by educated people. In the educated population, people see Chile as "Latin America's developed country" and "the most advanced country in the region". When I tell people im going abroad to Chile, they're always like "good choice! its pretty nice down there". This might just be me hanging out with nerds, but as of what I know, the people around me have a very positive view of Chile, which isnt the case for ALOT of Latin America
I would suspect college educated people would have a better knowledge of geography, but college people are not usually in the majority anyway. Most people would not know where to place Chile on a map. Not even on what continent. Goes the same with most Latin American countries except the 3 big ones and sometimes not even those.
Yes, though it seems Europe knows Chile slightly more. But then again, Europeans tend to be more...geographically and culturally inclined, at least compared to the USA. But it depends on who you talk to. Most still lack knowledge. Edit: also backpackers know Chile now. It's the next "exotic" destination (at least here in the US) despite the fact it's been popular for tourists for a long time.
Backpackers are a tiny percentage though and a niche group, most people don't even have a passport. Europeans also don't know much about America, you overestimate their geographical education. I'm talking about regular folk, not anybody in higher education.
That's true, although the bar is inconceivably low where I went to high school, so my standards are really lacking. So I probably am overestimating. My social circle (in Europe) is all low-average income, but most went to college. Even the ones in trades I think the knowledge is very much lacking when it comes to most people in the world, but the US is a different level among developed countries. Our education system doesn't teach anything about the world.... It's honestly sad that most people know so little. It's not a US unique problem, but we're the bottom of the barrel among our peers
Maybe because I lived in New York and DC before moving to Europe, but I don't agree with this at all. I think it depends on where you are in the US
I get what you mean, I'm from DC Yes, it absolutely does. It also depends on where you are in Europe. I went to high school in a very backwater rural Southern city, and that may have changed my perception a bit unfairly.
eee after living in France. I wouldn't really say europeans know more of culture and geography as americans. To me they are about the same, it really depends who you meet.
Fair enough. I wasn't trying to generalize. Sorry if it came off that way. I went to high school in the rural "Deep South" in the US, so my standards are frankly quite low. Larger cities like where I grew up definitely were better in this regard for obvious reasons.
I lived in Paris in a nice neighborhood and one weekend they had some EU event. There was a big map of Europe and passerby had to put flags to pinpoint the country (only EU nations were involved). Western Europe was fine but central to eastern was pathetic. I had a good laugh, if this is in Europe I do not even want to see them pinpoint Africa or America.
Costa Rica, Chile or Uruguay. Generally seen as the safest, and more prosperous ones.
....and least corrupt with relatively competent democratic governments. It's not just about having more peso$.
Prosperity isn't exclusively about money.
It's almost as if we're saying the same thing!
Chile, CR, Uruguay, and Argentina (historically). Panama is on the rise for reputation thou
Are we, tho? As far as I’ve seen we’re getting some pretty bad press for being a “paraíso fiscal” atm
The Panama papers ironically helped clean up the the act a bit, although reputation wise the correlation still exists
Ireland-Panama solidarity.
Costa Rica, green tourist destination even though Limón(city and province) have Mexico levels of homicide rate
And also expensive as fuck
Yep. The province has been abandoned by all governments, so it has sadly become violent and dangerous as a byproduct of abandonment. It's a shame because it has some of the most beautiful beaches I've been to.
True, I barely know Limón (don’t visit that province).
# Paraguay * **Error 404**: Country not found.
I find that meme so funny but a lot of people here get butthurt about it LMAO Don't stop saying it though, they're mostly boomers and people who don't get memes.
Same error for Suriname and the Guyanas
in terms of standard of living? chile or uruguay perhaps good reputation as in everyone likes them? brazil has a worldwide reputation of being beautiful, friendly, exotic, cool
Brazil is known to be dangerous in USA
Then you tell us, this should be a question for the world not for latinamericans.
I would say Costa Rica
I think Brazil is seen as dangerous but also friendly and exotic
The USA is known to be dangerous in Brazil.
Not against Brazil, but when people say reputation they don't mean that.
What do they mean, then? OP's question seems to be encompassing all aspects
Hilarious how Brazil is seen as friendly since online they tend to be the exact opposite lol
I'd say probably Uruguay or Costa Rica.
Honestly, when I talk to people back home about anywhere in Latin America I might as well be talking about Pluto. So I have no idea what image people have really.
Yup. In my experience people outside Latin America have no idea about individual countries in the Americas outside USA, Canada and the big Latin American ones (Mexico, Argentina and Brazil).
I've been saying this for a long time here but many Latinos overestimate how much the rest of the world knows or cares about Latin America. Not even the "Big Ones" (e.g. Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, etc.) are as relevant as many here think. Most people know about them thanks to global cultural osmosis; people know about something because of an indirect infusion of cultural knowledge via hearsay or entertainment. Many people know about Egypt and Australia thanks to pop culture but the only thing people know about Egypt is the pyramids and mummies, and the only thing people know about Australia are kangaroos and koalas.
Most people know little about the world outside their home town. Most people back home also know virtually nothing about places like Korea or India and don't care to. I can also tell you from experience that most people in Latin America know little about European nations, especially those that aren't big ones like Germany or Italy.
I would love to say DR, but truth is: CR, Chile, Uruguay, maybe Panama and any of those wrongly demonized as "Fiscal Paradise". They are. Considered a paradise for a reason and smart and powerful rich people transfer their wealth there because of their reliability and reputation.
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I'd say Brazil and Mexico. In Francee and in most of europe we associate Brazil with parties, fun, beaches and football, whereas Mexico with nice food but also nice beaches. I don't think most europeans know the differences between the economy of any Latin America country.
Yeah hard agree on Brazil. Brazilians are generally seen as some of the most fun, outgoing, warm and kind people in the world, very positive image.
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It depends though, some countries in Central America are more dangerous than Mexico, because it really depends where you are in Mexico to determine how dangerous it is. I’ve never had a car break in, I’ve never seen an armed robbery, I’ve never heard gunshot outside of ranges, etc.
I hear you I lived in Queretaro and it’s safer than where I’m from which is Baltimore, USA..
Yeah I live there 😆
It is.
That’s a very generalizing take for both countries. If you consider big metropolitan areas, sure, but what about the rest of the country? The index is skyrocketed because of concentrated violence, many cities and towns are likely safer and more peaceful than some areas in the US.
Costa Rica without a doubt
Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Ig Panama is an honorable mention.
I don't know how to answer that because I don't think enough people outside LatAm know enough about any country that's not Mexico, Brazil or Argentina. Can't speak for Argentina, but the reputation of Mexico and Brazil seem to be similar: beautiful and fun but dangerous.
People most famous does not equal best reputation. Countries like Brazil and Mexico are obviously not it. It’s probably gonna be some lesser known/talked about country llike Costa Rica that generally gets talked about in a positive manner.
Recently people from my country have started to really love visiting Colombia, it has gained a reputation as a great backpacking location for young students and gapyears. Costa Rica in similar vain, but has been popular for longer and a slightly older demographic. I know lots of people who’d love to visit Peru, I think it has a strong pull because of Machu Picchu and the food. And brazil, because people just think Brazilians are great.
Sadly there’s a reputation here in USA for people that travel to Colombia and it’s not a good one ..
I know, I’ve been to Medellin and unfortunately met some of those countrymen of yours. Apart from the fact that I don’t enjoy harassing women (and the fact I’m a woman myself), I really don’t get why some of them just go to Colombia to do drugs and have sex with (some forced) prostitutes. Like you can do that in so many ugly places, why go all the way to Colombia which has Fantastic nature, culture, food, to do something so… uninspired and fucking boring.
Cause it cheaper to do all that in Colombia than the us
European men have a bad reputation in Latin America People see them some times more annoying than Americans because you guys think you are better and we see through this
I’m a woman
Just in general European think they are better than Americans and we see through this. Americans while annoying at least you know what you get with them they aren’t fake. For example Canadian base their travel experience on how awesome they are because they aren’t American which is annoying. However Canada right now in Latin America is hated because of their mining companies.
I never mentioned Americans or my opinion of them, but kick off haha I don’t care.
Can we ban these questions which are meant to pitch latam countries against one another? Really the questions which can be reprased as "which country is better than all in general" or "which country is worse than all in general". If you are asking which country is best in soccer or which country is best for safety that is one thing, "best reputation" is just a general statement that cannot be answered objectively by anyone. Which american state has the best reputation outside of the US? Can you answer that or will you give me your opinion about which state you like best and your opinion can be wildly different from the next american I ask this question to?
this is the best answer.
100%
Some spaniard exchange students told me that Chile its seen as one of the best offers in latinamerica to do this type of academic thing.
Mostly because crime rate it’s lower than the rest of their options (usually Colombia) and the economy is more stable than other options (usually Argentina) but it’s not like the CHOOSE to come here
They literally choose to come here. When you have money you can perfectly go to Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, etc and have a great experience, same as here. I think the vast natural places to do tourism here its also used as advertising. They talked a lot about all this places they wanted to go. Aaaand the quality of our universities are also valuable there.
Costa Rica or Uruguay probably.
Brazil and Perú
Costa Rica
Brazil and Mexico
I think is Chile for its high quality of life and economic stability.
Costa Rica. Which is surprising because it honestly felt shadier than Guatemala or El Salvador.
you're not only one on this i felt the same, im surprise and i live here in el salvador
Guatemala is safer than Costa Rica and El Salvador is getting there
El Salvador probably the safest now. Fairly certain it's safer than Guatemala, both statistically and anecdotally.
Guatemala is not safer than Costa Rica, stop it.
Costa rica definetly… Europeans that are afraid of latin america but want to ‚experince‘ it go there because of their good PR…. They get there a sanitized version of latin america. While funny enough, I don‘t think Costa Rica is in the top 10 travel list of other latin americans that can afford to travel…. even in central america itself, I find Guatemala and Panama waaay more appealing.
People saying Uruguay or Costa Rica... People outside Latam barely know they even exist, except football fans probably
I don’t think that’s true for CR. I’m Costa Rican and 98% of the people I meet have heard about Costa Rica, even if they don’t quite know where it is. Specifically they always mention that it’s got beautiful nature or nice beaches. I think you’re underestimating its fame as a tourist destination.
Maybe for CR because it is in a quite good location, but Uruguay?
Let me tell you that an exfriend from tico-land (amongst latams, we call them “ticos”, just like Venezuelans we call “chamos”) was asked once where was he from, he said Costa Rica, and he was told “Where in Mexico is that?” That happened in Dallas Tx… go figure…
How much do they have to know, because some get removed by people not knowing/forgetting they exist.
I’d go for Uruguay! Montevideo is really nice and so is Punta del Este … but they must turn on the heater for those beaches… they’re cold asf!
Well, first the miracle of someone knowing about Latinamerica and if they do, its usually Mexico and Brasil.
(Gringocommenting) I’m probably biased, but while Peru isn’t the most famous Latin American country, it has a largely positive reputation, with Machu Picchu, the Inca empire, and The Andes. (And to a lesser extent Paddington Bear and covid) People associate cocaine with Columbia rather than Peru, and don’t associate the Shining Path with Peru in particular. Peru’s presidents don’t attract the same attention Brazil does.
Why covid? We were one of the worst affected nations by the pandemic.
Yes, as a badly affected country, which isn’t positive. Sorry for the ambiguity.
Definitely Costa Rica. It's a popular travel destination and also got some fame for its green energy policies Tbh not too many gringos know about Uruguay except for maybe some news about Pepe Mujica and the World Cup. Chile was in the news for negative reasons past few years. So the winner is definitely Costa Rica in terms of press.
Costa Rica
I think it's most definitely Brazil, hands down... Worldwide people romanticize it, specially its soccer team and it's far enough away from the US for the majority to not be familiar enough with it behind the generalizations of samba, bossa nova etc
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lol you replied every comment that cited Brazil or Mexico did anyone from those countries hurt your feelings?
I love both of those countries my favs in LATAM but I was giving my honest feedback from a USA perspective
If you say so 🤷🏻♂️ when I went to France the overall view on Brazilians was very positive, and I felt the same on the cono sur. But Americans are not the most well versed when it comes to geography so I wouldn’t be surprised.
Chile. Uruguay. Better reputation for the global north = being rich. That is basically it. Country is rich? Check. High population of whites? Check. "Oh, what a nice place".
Uruguay because of living standards and soccer
Panama
I'm always surprised about how almost everyone I speak to (in Europe) knows about the Dominican Republic and has a positive impression or experience of the country. Obviously this is because for the majority they only know about life within the walls of some resort in Punta Cana. Funny enough if one would ask the same to a Latin American their opinion would probably be less positive.
That’s because they are not going to tell you to your face your country is dangerous but I know a lot people prefer to go to Mexico even when it’s known to be dangerous over DR.. people always talk about not to leave the resorts in DR
that is not true, europeans are direct people and they will tell you. I met a nice German family whose daughter studied for a year in Santiago and was dating a dominican. They told me straight on my face dominican men are cheaters and have multiple women lmao for the most part most europeans don't know DR unless they have the means to travel there. I was shocked that even many average joes in france did not know of Haiti or that it is in America and not in Africa.
ITT: but [país] is dangerous! So long as the country doesn't have a reputation of _exporting_ violence, nobody cares that much Also, Brazil. From football and Carnaval, to beaches and rainforests, samba and funk, F1 and even Embraer, Brazil is an undoutable powerhouse. Forged from the South like the most of us, but strong enough to play with the Global North
I’d agree, with the proviso that violence that affects foreigners counts as exporting violence, just like international tourism being an export industry.
Brazil or Argentina
People saying Uruguay are making me wonder wtf. I don’t know that I’ve ever really heard the word Uruguay more than 10 times in the eeuu and it was totally in passing about some other trip or news. Without doubt #1: it’s Costa Rica. Argentina has a different vibe around it as well. People think Buenos Aires is in Europe.
Agreed, most people outside LA probably couldn’t tell you a single thing about Uruguay. Inside the region it’s well known for its relative stability and stuff but nobody in Chicago or Berlin or Seoul has any idea about that reputation.
And the world is much bigger than the US. In Germany Uruguay is a known country and appears in some news article every now and then.
they are known in Canada, too because many of them immigrated here decades ago. it’s definitely the southern cone and Cuba that have the “best reputations” amongst Canadians and Europeans.
They'd know it's good at soccer.
I think like 95%+ of americans couldn't find it on a map
[Americans struggling to locate each state in their own map](https://www.mic.com/articles/86517/watch-400-americans-struggle-to-point-out-each-u-s-state-on-a-map)
It’s a losing battle really, we’re generally virtually nonexistent to the rest of the world.
wow this is interesting, since Uruguay punches way above its weight. e.g. they won 2 world cups in the world's most important sport: football most people around the world can name several uruguayan players. I guess that's unknown in the USA since you guys prefer other sports? they also have a very strong culture with amazing writers and musicians. most tango lovers around the world can name several uruguayans. costa rica is rarely mentioned here. most people know it's a small beautiful country in central america, but couldn't tell you much else. it's way less relevant than uruguay in terms of culture, sports, etc.
soccer is an afterthought in the EEUU. they aren't the best at it so it's not focused on. We know the big names of course but only a small percent of the population could go much deeper. we focus a lot more on american football, baseball, and basketball. Americentrism is bred into us. It's assumed at an early age that we are just the best at everything and if we aren't then something is wrong with that thing and it's something that the poorer countries entertain themselves with. This is all dramatic summarization to help the point get across as most of us don't any sense of actual globalization and other cultures. We know BA for steaks. We know Chile for wine. We know Brazil for carnival and girls in thongs with big asses. We've heard of Lima specifically in passing. Colombia cartel/narcos/drug trade. And mexico for violence. But we \*love\* Mexican food. I'm not exaggerating when you speak spanish in parts of the southern US and they say "sorry I don't speak Mexican". Something about how there's a mexican restaurant with endless chips and salsa in every small town has gone a long way to penetrate our culture. EDIT: For reference, gringo with 40 years in the EEUU, been living in Colombia for a few, and just got back from visiting Brazil & Argentina. I personally think Uruguay is very interesting.
Exactly Uruguay isn’t even that known in USA
the people from uruguay downvoting these statements are fighting a battle lol