You're not kidding! I knew people from South America. No offense to anyone here of the following origins, as I don't share these opinions, but there was a pecking order: The Costa Ricans thought they were the best, the Venezuelans second... Puerto Rica was the third to last, Cuba was second to last, and Mexico was considered the bottom.
I'll never forget being at a nightclub with a friend whose friends were Costa Rican and Venezuelan. I met a very nice man there who was Puerto Rican and he came back to the table with me. They wouldn't even LOOK at him. They were insulted that I brought him over. Later, I knew a Puerto Rican woman who was disowned by her family for marrying a Cuban.
That's why I find it so laughable that the U.S. gov't labels everyone from those countries "Hispanic" when they come here. But, they all have one thing in common. They hate "gringos", though they love our money. We're the common enemy they share.
But isn't the joke that when an Argentine wants to commit suicide he jumps off his ego ?