Southern Cone countries/cities with Western European sobriquets (country, people, cons)

[yofie]

If Buenos Aires is the "Paris of South America", Chile is the "England of South America", and Uruguay has been the "Switzerland of South America", then:

1) Is Argentina the "France of South America"?
2) Is Santiago de Chile the "London of South America"?
3) Is southern Brazil the "Italy of South America" and/or the "Spain/Portugal of South America"?
4) Is Paraguay the "Greece of South America"?
5) What is the "Germany of South America"? The "Holland of South America"? The "Scandinavia of South America"?

[yofie]

Originally Posted by yofie

3) Is southern Brazil the "Italy of South America" and/or the "Spain/Portugal of South America"?
4) Is Paraguay the "Greece of South America"?
5) What is the "Germany of South America"? The "Holland of South America"? The "Scandinavia of South America"?

Coming to think of it, perhaps southern Brazil - or at least large swathes of it - could be the "Germany of South America", both because of Sao Paulo being South America's economic engine (just as Germany is Europe's economic engine) and because of the large German population of that part of Brazil.

I'm thinking now, also, that Paraguay (and/or Bolivia) might actually be the "Albania of South America", or something to that effect, and that Peru could be the "Greece of South America".

Finally, I'm thinking now that Uruguay and/or Chile could be the "Scandinavia of South America", in addition to being, respectively, the "Switzerland" and "England" of South America. And Montevideo could be the combined "Zurich", "Geneva", and "Bern" of South America.

[Oraculo]

Bogota is the London of South America:

Untitled by eric, on Flickr

Bogotá (Colombia). Monasterio de la Visitacion. by José Manuel Azcona, on Flickr

Irish Pub by Montecristono4, on Flickr

AFS-080458.jpg by Alex Segre, on Flickr

Príncipe Carlos conoció la iniciativa de Diplomacia Deportiva de la Cancillería de Colombia by Cancillería Colombia, on Flickr

Bogota Beer Company by Francisco Contreras, on Flickr

[Capitolio Nacional - Congreso de la Republica // PATIO NUÑEZ] 1886 by Mauricio Lopez, on Flickr

Untitled by JesuitasCol, on Flickr



IMG_2992 by Bob Schall, on Flickr

DSCF1273 by Jürgen Bauer, on Flickr

Ciclovia en Bogotá by CaroPava, on Flickr

Porciuncula - Bogotá - Colômbia by Studart1, on Flickr

Bogotá, Colombia by ARNAUD_Z_VOYAGE, on Flickr

Zona T by nizega, on Flickr

Bogotá, Colombia by ARNAUD_Z_VOYAGE, on Flickr

Agüita!!! by claudiapino, on Flickr

Government buildings Bogotá by The Colombian Way, on Flickr

Gimnasio Moderno by eldenico, on Flickr

Visita de sus Altezas Reales el Príncipe Carlos y la Duquesa de Cornualles a Colombia by Cancillería Colombia, on Flickr

Ciclo Ruta - Bogotá by Ronald Hurtado, on Flickr



Universidad Catolica de Colombia, Bogota 2 by gary barlow, on Flickr

Universidad Catolica de Colombia, Bogota 3 by gary barlow, on Flickr

Universidad Catolica de Colombia, Bogota 4 by gary barlow, on Flickr

In the afternoon - Bogotá Colombia. by Juan Felipe Gómez, on Flickr

[Pueblofuerte]

London is far more international in its architecture and feel. Much of its central architecture is more like the stone buildings of Paris and Madrid than the rest of England. England is too diverse for Chile to be anything like it.

Bogota is more akin to something like Sheffield in Northern England with a more industrial, gritty and somber look than fancy London.

[Oraculo]

The Bogota region resembles the UK the most. Colombia as a whole might just be traced to Spain.

We've also got our very own German (Santander) and Basque (Antioquia) spots, although the Basque influence goes beyond Antioquia.

[Mr.Falcon]

Holland is Easy, Suriname is the only country of dutch colonization.



In Brazil there are many towns with a german/italian/portuguese similarity.The country is big and there's a little of everything.

[Mr.Falcon]

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Pueblofuerte

England is too diverse for Chile to be anything like it.

England more diverse than Chile in population sure but not in landscapes.
England doesn't have a real desert.

[Davy-040]

I don't think there is anything like the Netherlands in South America. Maybe some parts of Uruguay.

[yofie]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

England more diverse than Chile in population sure but not in landscapes.
England doesn't have a real desert.

Chile has been considered the "England of South America", because just like England (actually, Britain as a whole), Chile has been physically isolated from the rest of the continent. England/Britain, by virtue of being an island; Chile, because it's surrounded by the Andes, the Atacama, and the sea. Also, just as England/Britain has had some of the strongest, most democratic, and most stable political institutions in not just Europe but also the whole world, so too Chile has had relative institutional and democratic strength compared to the rest of South America (notwithstanding some civil wars, the Pinochet regime, etc.)