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This guy is an idiot. US culture and US commerce are both deeply embedded in Latin America. It shouldn't be surprising, Latin America is Western and Catholic in orientation, but almost every other person you meet was educated in the US, or has a cousin living in the US, or used to drive a cab in New Jersey. This is true from top to bottom of the social ladder.

So it should not be surprising that you find that Latin Americans share certain kinds of cultural attitudes, or taste, or commercial preferences with North Americans. They aren't from Mars, after all.

But some people find this bizarre, or inexplicable. I get it when a junior high kid thinks its weird that Latin Americans like MTV too. I find it disturbing that someone so shallow would be writing reports for the Secretary of State.