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Below, a comparison will be provided with some characteristics or stereotypes of Minnesota, Caracas (Capital of Venezuela), Colombia and Maracaibo.
Maracaibo (Marabino)
Marabinos are open-minded, extroverted or do not have a reservation in personal spaces, they have a fairly direct or strong sense of humor (they draw stereotypes from other places or say "offensive" things to others in an ironic way). The marabino could be said to be quite aggressive (personality of being direct,) does not contain much, and can be very empathetic with other people (sometimes.)
Also, the marabino has some African/American native and Spanish influence.
The marabino also with his sense of humor or tolerance can see his own situation (bad or good) in a humorous way (without trying to offend.)
In this region it is mostly hot and arid all year round. Due to this, it has what a region with this type of climate normally has, in addition to receiving immigrants from similar parts: Some parts of Africa, Western Asia, as well as some parts of Europe such as Italy, Spain, etc.
Minnesota (Minnesotan)
Minnesota Compared to other states, Minnesota is spoken of as being open-minded, courteous, polite, and reserved. In addition, according to this stereotype, they are prone to not wanting to stand out or direct conflict, with emotional moderation, Passive-aggressive (Wikipedia.)
Influences from Scandinavian Americans, Finnish Americans, Irish Americans, German Americans, Native Americans, and Czechoslovak Americans, among many other immigrant groups. Also with the influence of being an area that works with mining, agriculture and being a fairly cold state.
Colombia
Generally the Colombian is positive, lively, and happy. Everyone who interacts with them (even themselves) exclaims how they try to celebrate any type of situation or try to see the positive side of a situation and celebrate it. They try to "work as much on partying as on their work." These are some of the stereotypes of Colombia. (Culturalatlas)
Caracas
The people of Caracas have quite strong cultural and racial influences of African, Native American, and white. (Britannica)
Caracas has a tropical climate, rainy all year round, in addition to being warm.
Stereotypes/Hardships of Venezuela in general (Includes the Marabino and Caraqueño)
Some stereotypes are from specific places far away or close to Venezuela.:
According to the Harvard University site (this was a research), a study was done on some Colombians about what they think of Venezuelans entering their country: "Ignorant, arrogant, dirty, they even say that they carry diseases or have quite harmful language." Some of those who said these words changed their minds or continue thinking that.
In some places they portray how Venezuelan women are very ugly or pretty.
The culture in general in Venezuela according to (culturalatlas) is described as "the dominant culture of Venezuela reflects a blend of indigenous and Spanish customs, as well as regional Caribbean and Andean influences. Venezuelans are often described as warm, welcoming and open people. They are generally unified by a shared desire for fairness and equality." Even with what has been said above, the culture of a person or group inside or outside of Venezuela can vary significantly depending on their ethnicity, religion, group, region, etc.
The people of Maracaibo and Venezuela in general have gone through an economic crisis since 2013, due to the fall in the price of crude oil (greater export or economic contribution of Venezuela), corruption, expropriations (the government has a course of actions in which They say that the properties will generate more income if they are controlled by them,) among other problems.
In addition to the fact that nutrition and access to food in Venezuela has been worsening since 2013, "the rate of undernourishment has increased from 2.5 percent in 2010-2012 to 27.4 percent in 2018-2020"(by humanitarian) with Venezuela being one of the countries with the worst statistical nutrition. in Latin America.
The example about stereotypes below is not highly recommended to see, it is not very precise or used. In addition, it can cause confusion for the reader.
Below will be a Google search for "Venezuelan memes," I often use social networks and in person I have come across several of these stereotypes or memes. English-speaking people usually have no context for what is happening in Venezuela, which is why these memes are created by Spanish-speaking people and scattered among them. Furthermore, Venezuelans are usually represented as skeletons (in memes, or informal jokes among Latin Americans), that their economic situation is so bad that they do not have anything to eat..:
Memes that parody the country's economic situation, and the measures its government is taking to solve them.
Here in this meme you can see how a person is paying for a meal with the Venezuelan currency. The point is that Venezuelan cash or currency is not worth much.
"Imagine the possibilities Venezuela, you will recover what was once yours." Here the political relationship between Venezuela and Russia is shown, how they sell oil to Russia and Russia supports Venezuela.
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