Im chilean, And im really sick of being called mexican, There's nothing wrong about being mexican, but im just not from that country, I dont look mexican, but people think that just because I speak spanish Im Mexican, I hate that.
when they ask me where are u from I say chile and they always say something stupid like is that northern or southern mexico?
Why do they classify everyone who speaks spanish as HISPANIC??? an hispanic person can be White,black, mestizo, and even asian! .. I don't get why americans call themselves europeans, if they are americans... I know that they are of european descent.. but isnt everyone in this continent of european descent?? If a south american or central american calls itself white or european, americans say no you are mexican,,, why are they so stupid? I dont mean to offend anyone but why do americans think the way they do about spanish speaking people?
yeah I agree mexicans are indians IM NOT thats what bother me the most!

There are so many countries that are spanish speaking why do most think it's only Mexico?
there's Spain, Honduras, El salvador, panama, guatemala, argentina, colombia, venezuela, peru, domincan republic, puerto rico(part of US) ecuador, chile, and many more.
p.s. many from these countries come to the US illegally too not only Mexicans.

This is Calvin. I know that the Mexican culture and Chilean culture are pretty similar. But my question is about what is the similarities between the people in Mexico and in Chile? People in both of these countries speak Spanist as primary language.

And what's the difference between these two countries? How are the cultures/traditional similar and differ from each other?

How do you make mexican rice like they make at the Authentic Mexican restaurants(like the ones in middle georgia - el cotija, el tapatio)? I don't think they use tomatoes, because it really does not taste like tomatoes. Do they use red chiles?
Is there a recipe available where it uses red chiles instead of tomatoes? For example, is there a recipe where instead of using tomato sauce, use red chile/enchilada sauce?

a) Mexico
b) Costa Rica
c) Chile
d) Colombia
e.... that's it. ( no more options, other countries speak Spanish from the 16th century using understandable accents )

Spanish is my second language, but I'm pretty much fluent since I used to live in Chile...the thing is, I understand Spanish when Mexicans from Mexico speak it, but for some reason it's difficult for me to understand Mexican American's when they speak Spanish.
This is stupid, but I'm serious...I'm wondering why this might be.
Thanks ^^

I'm thinking about going to Chile to teach English over the summer, but I heard different dialects of Spanish can be hard to understand. I think the Spanish I learned in high school is Mexican Spanish.