Best country to work and live in Latin America?

[Sour Patch]

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If you currently live in a country in Latin America please list some of the pros/cons of your country and your general happiness from 1-5.

[Deâ„“phina]

Isn't Costa Rica rich, safe af, and has amazing wildlife ? 

[Full Moon]

I think its Chile even tho my country is Paraguay

[blooming blossom]

Hi! I live in Uruguay and I will say :

 

Pros :

 

- Relatively safe

- Progressive society for the most part

- Quiet and not crowded unless you live in Montevideo ( the capital )

- Amazing beaches and scenery ( this mostly matters during summer )

 

Cons :

 

- There are not that many opportunites unless you have a degree

- It can be kinda boring if you are used / like living in big cities ( you can live in Montevideo but yeah.. it is not nowhere near as good as a first world country citiy )

- Our habits can be a tad tough to get used to.

 

These are some of the most 'important' things off the top of my head. Feel free to ask me anything if you are interested.

[Joon]

Ive heard good things about Argentina, Chile and Peru?

 

Im sure any country would be great though...certainly beautiful!

[Jamoneitor]

Pretty sure it's between Uruguay and Chile. I'm from Chile and I don't like it but I've been to other places in latinamerica and the differences among countries is huge. I'd pick Uruguay for what I've heard, but I haven't been there yet so I'll stick with my country for now. 

 

As a con, I'd say there's a lot of delinquency in the capital, the minimum wage is a joke and transportation is expensive af.

As a pro, it's usually quiet, you can still walk around any time of the day without fearing someone is going to attack you or something, people is nice towards foreign people if they approach nicely and we have a great sense of humor tbh, also, you can find everything here and most of our people live well (as in every country there are always exceptions but I think Chile isn't bad positioned when it comes to this).

 

I'd rate my happiness with a 4. I live in the city and I'm desperate to move to the countryside.

 

Edit: We also have one of the most amazing variety of flora and fauna, literally since Chile is like the longest country lmao. Ngl, it's beautiful, the scenery is shocking. (The capital is ugly)

[shugwi]

probably either Argentina or Chile

[denki]

Mexico still quite a few drug crimes that could diminish if the US gets rid on the stupid war on drugs. That's not gonna happen in the Trump era. Ugh.

 

Voted for Chile. Rarely hear any bad news from there.

[Phes]

I'm from Chile and i think here it's the best place to live in latin america and work atm (i don't like it that much tho xd)

 

i can't write for now, when i have the time i'll post my pros and cons

for now my general happiness is 4

[Sour Patch]

Hi! I live in Uruguay and I will say :

 

Pros :

 

- Relatively safe

- Progressive society for the most part

- Quiet and not crowded unless you live in Montevideo ( the capital )

- Amazing beaches and scenery ( this mostly matters during summer )

 

Cons :

 

- There are not that many opportunites unless you have a degree

- It can be kinda boring if you are used / like living in big cities ( you can live in Montevideo but yeah.. it is not nowhere near as good as a first world country citiy )

- Our habits can be a tad tough to get used to.

 

These are some of the most 'important' things off the top of my head. Feel free to ask me anything if you are interested.

Could you expand on habits please!

[Oppa did mean it]

I'm from Mexico and I love it

 

Pros

College is cheap, I pay aroung 200 dlls per semester

There's a shit ton of work if you're bilingual 

Everything is really cheap I can get by with 200 or 300 dlls (at the most) a month (150 for rent, 50 for water gas electricity phone and internet, and the rest in food, transportation, clothing, etc.)

The nightlife is great

 

Cons

There are many places that are dangerous (but I never go there)

The goverment is really corrupt, so you will see many people protesting 

Men are really violent (against other men)

[Trixbox]

Chile is the chillest in South America, pun intended.

[blooming blossom]

Could you expand on habits please!

 

I think I might've over exaggerated with the habits thing. I mean, just like every other country, Uruguay has some particular characteristics.

 

Uruguayans are very lazy in general. Shops generally close relatively early in comparison to other countries.

We are addicted to mate and you will always see people carrying their thermos around which a lot of foreigners find weird and can't wrap their heads around lmao.

 

Uruguay is literally obsessed with football ( I know americans refer to it as 'soccer' but here the word we use is football ) . You will hear people talking about it everywhere, on TV, on their daily life conversations, you will see commercials and posters of Suarez, Forlan and other popular players everywhere.

 

Our going out and hanging out habits differ a bit with a lot of other places. Here, people are just getting ready to go out at like 12- 1AM and parties end at like 6 or 7 Am, sometimes even later. 

 

I mean, it is nothing you can not get used to but yeah, it's pretty different.

 

I forgot to mention health care and college are free here. You can attend any university you want for free, there are private ones of course, but the titles obtained from the public ones are more valuable. 

[male:ko]

I born and live in Mexico and I love my country is beautiful BUT the insecurity and the corruption is really a let down.

[flowerlover]

Depends on the amount of money you have. 

[GemStone]

Hello I'm from Argentina, well I will try to list pros and cons, trying not to be too subjective haha

 

Pros:

Public education and health systems so if you need and you don't have money at that moment there are free schools that you can attend , same with hospitals.

If you have a hard time finding jobs the government provides you support and helps you to try to find one.

I don't live in the capital but at least in my province the people is very heartwarming and likes to help foreigners when they come (we're starting to become a tourist destination).

 

Cons:

Well, there's a political and economical struggle and there's a lot of uncertainty regarding the policies applied in both fields. Also a lot of struggle between the main political parties you know they accuse each other of doing this or that but in everyday life it is not of much concern for common people (well I try to live like that xD).

The salaries of one job are generally not enough to cover a whole month or you will be able to do it but for a minimum difference (don't know if I'm explaining myself well).

 

Well I hope it helps a little bit. Anyway , whatever destination you decide make sure you look for more information ;)

[solbi296]

I'm from Argentina. The current neoliberal government is pure shit and on the way to destroy this country while they fill their pockets with money, BUT I'll try to point some pros.

 

PROS

-Free healthcare system

-Free public school system (includes UBA, the best university in Latin America)

-Most progressive gender identity legislation in the world (x)

-Legal same-sex marriage

-Welfare and social programmes (like AUH, AUB, Progresar, Argentina Trabaja, ProCreAr, FinEs, etc) 

-Beautiful scenery throughout the country.

-No earthquakes (except near the mountains probably) or tsunamis

-Some food, especially cow beef and wine. 

 

(Well, the quality for healthcare and education is not as good as it should be and doesn't get enough funds, and sometimes the society as a whole is not as progressive as the laws are.)

 

CONS

-Viveza criolla

-Violence

-Corruption everywhere (politicians, cops, judges, etc)

-High crime rates (theft and murder especially)

-Drug addiction and drug trafficking

-Machismo, domestic violence, and violence against women is high (femicides, rape, human trafficking, street harassment, etc)

-Xenophobia and discrimination against Paraguayan, Peruvian, and Bolivian inmigrants.

-Justice system is awful and many laws written during the military dictatorship still remain to this day. 

-Roughly 30% of population live in poverty.

-Rampant inflation

-The Catholic church is funded by the state, and it has some sort of power of influence over state matters.

-No class consciousness among some of the middle class

 

After all, I voted for Uruguay