How do Latin Americans look

I fail to see how this can be discussed 'seriously'[1]. I don't mind looking at some of the pictures though.

I just wanted to show the the readers of CNN in Spanish, bassed on Atlanta, U.S., are just average people from Latin America.

The dance is in Taos, New Mexico. And if the dancers are from New Mexico, then chances are that they are Aztec wannabees. I respect their desire to know about their past, but there is very little chance that they are descended from Aztecs. The troops who conquered New Mexico were Tlaxcalan. The great majority of "Nortenos" are descended fron either Tlaxcalans or Tarascans, and yes, I am aware of previous posts on "Tarascans".  You can also find such troupes in the "zocalo". They are a modern phenomen, not unlike the Anglos all dressed up in robes and whatever, claiming to represent pre-Christian Europe. Except for their genes, they are little different from Boy Scout troops who dress up as "native Americans" for Thanksgiving pageants. 

Yes, you can find real nahuatl speaking Mexicans right in front of the hotel next to the U.S. Embassy. But they are just one of many ethnicities that makes up Mexico. There is an ethnic division in Mexico that is greater than Chollos versus Indios, and that is Nortenos versus those who are not Norteno. Nortenos see themselves as the powerhouse of Mexico. They produce the goods that bring Mexico foreign exchange. And they pay the taxes that keep the Mexican state afloat. "Chilangos" despise and loath the Nortenos, but the Nortenos don't really care. They live in their own neighborhoods, frequent their own clubs, listen to their own music, and generally prefer a cuisine common to Northern Mexico. They also have a preference for Tecate beer. Many of the Nortenos are, genetically, Indians, but their culture is shared with Mestizos, and even the "Espanolitos" of long established families. They are the powerhouse nof Mexico, and the truth of the matter is that they have a lot more in common with Anglo Texans, than they do the denizens of Mexico City.Of course, the majority of Texans fail to recognize this. They share the same territory, eat the same kinds of food, listen to music whose only real difference is the language in which it is sung, driunk the same beers and tequila, wear the same kind of clothes, hats, and boots, and attend the same kjind of churches on Sunday morning. They even drive the same brand and type of vehicles. Yet the Anglo Texans see themselves as unique, but not Nortenos. The Nortenos see themselves as unique, but not Anglo Tejanos. Yet they both share common, yet disputed, culural aspects.

Just some thoughts for you Pinguino. As you know, I've never been in Chile, yet I suspect that you know some Chileans who are much like these "Texans" and "Tejanos". Thank God the world is a fascinating place. We will never be bored.

Originally posted by pinguin       I remember decades ago when I was an immigrant in Canada I have serious trouble to figure it out if a Chilean was in the street. The rest of the days, Chileans were invisible among Canadians.

Edited by pebbles - 02-May-2009 at 10:02

Originally posted by pinguin     You haven't been in Canada. If you imagine it is the nordic paradyse, you are wrong.

Originally posted by pinguin   Ismael Cala, Cuban

Edited by pebbles - 02-May-2009 at 07:36

America's earliest Cuban immigrants fled communist revolution of Fidel Castro.They were the landowners and wealthy business families of predominately Spaniard ancestry.

Hey moderator, you will left empty the section about history of the Americas

Have you ever seen Spaniards? I do. Some of them are darker than the natives of Cuzco.

Edited by pinguin - 02-May-2009 at 09:41