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temp0826yesterday at 6:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

I agree (and I don't normally generalize like this, so I apologize). I've spent most of my time in Peru but noticed it in neighboring countries as well.


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thiagoehyesterday at 7:39 PM

That also is my perception, from Brazil. There is even the concept of "cordial man", coined by sociologist Sergio Buarque d Holanda, that is connected to this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordial_man

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wesleyfsmithyesterday at 6:56 PM

can speak from personal experience that it's the same culturally in colombia