Why Some Latin Americans are Fed Up with ‘Gringos’ Living in Their Countries
The subject of U.S. Americans receiving a less than warm welcome in neighboring countries isn’t a new one.
When John Woodhouse Audubon, son of the famous naturalist and painter John James Audubon, arrived at Cerro Gordo in Northern Mexico in 1849, he was all but run out of town.
In his travel diary, Audubon wrote that he and his companions were “hooted and shouted” at while being called “gringos.”
Arriving on the heels of the Mexican-American War, such behavior wasn’t unanticipated.
Foreigners are drawn to Buenos Aires, Argentina, due to European influenced cuisine, architecture, and culture, with an affordable price tag. Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2022. (Autumn Spredemann/The Epoch Times)
Today, the term gringo has become more versatile, and for the most part, locals say it with less vitriol. In most of Latin America, the word gringo has become nearly interchangeable with “foreigner.”…