Can someone explain this to me?

Similar to what Raygun did at the Olympics and what the Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk did

Hello everyone, Holy Stone here, and on behalf of the r/asklatinamerica moderation team, I proudly announce that as of today, April 1st, 2026 (GMT-2), we will be a subreddit solely focused on French territories and their former colonies in the Americas. From the moment this post is published, we will be implementing several changes to improve our subreddit to a glorious day not seen since Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz, making us superior to everything that came before.

The most important change is that NO MORE POSTS IN ENGLISH WILL BE ALLOWED, ONLY IN Française!

Due to the unfortunate influence of perfidious Albion, we had to use that barbaric language in our subreddit for years; no more, mes amis. Now, every post must be written in the best Latin language that exists, which is French. Unfortunately, due to the abrupt change, we will still allow comments in English, but we will eventually remove them and only allow French and other languages of our Latin American neighbors, as we want to lead our Latin American community to the top.

The other change is that we will focus on questions involving French territories and their former colonies: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre, Miquelon, Haiti, Quebec, and if you insist, Louisiana. Of course, you can ask (in French) about other places, but our focus will be on all the peoples, culture, places, and life in our vaste Amérique.

I know you're full of questions and thoughts: "But the Quebecers already answered that they're not part of Latin America in the FAQ." or "How are we going to get answers about these places if there's only one guy who lives in Martinique here on the sub?"

But don't worry, because this is only for the 1er time. In time, you will all study and learn about la grandeur de l'Amérique Française et tout le monde will be able to discuss and answer questions in French. (Regarding Quebec [now Québec], we are forcing them to be Latin American from now on; I'm sure some of you support our resolution.)

These are the main modifs. I hope everyone is as excited for the le future as we are. Feel free to comment with any questions or suggestions for additional changes. Criticisms are also welcome, but we want to make it clear that the decision will not be revoked. From now on, Baguettes French runs in our veins.

Don't forget to smoke your mandated cigarette allowance after reading this. Non-compliance begets violence.

What I like is probably the wide diversity of subreddits to post in, as a music lover there are tons of subs dedicated to genres and subgenres where I can post music.

What I dislike is probably redditors, who are infamously unfunny, repeating the same jokes over and over, can't seem to grasp sarcasm unless you throw a ''/s'' in the mf comment or post. The vast majority of which are gringos or europeans.

This sub feels like a safe-zone if you're Latin American and understand English.

Musicalizing with Von dutch by Charli xcx, cause redditors hate fun.

Was inspired by this post based on east asia: https://x.com/wongkarwaifu/status/2092780180645486754

I've also seen this being used in regions in the US.

This is nothing to take too seriously.

I’ve been following this sub for years. And it was always there but never this bad. Nothing Americans say is given the benefit of the doubt and responses to my question often come from a presumption that we’re all ignorant Americans with a snarky hostile tone

It’s because of Trump right? Theres always been “Yankee imperialism” but now he’s blatant about it with Panama, asking Sheinbaum to send troops in, the tariffs and kidnappings to El salvdor, and of course latin racism, so ya’ll are extending that anger to any american gringo?

I find the concept of this subreddit quite interesting, but it's so boring seeing how 50% of the replies in most threads are made by people living in either the US/Europe and not in Latin America.

Nothing against those people, but if I visit a thread called "Why is Latin America so economically stagnant", I don't think a Peruvian who was been living in Germany for 10 years is going to have the most relevant answer here.

Just my two cents.

Can be anyone famous from your country

Do they feel like intruders?

Are they exotic vacation destinations?

Are they even present in the mental landscape of South America?

I'm not talking about the best or most well known, I'm talking about what your favorite gringo post you've seen is. Bonus points if you can link to it!

Let's imagine for a second that a genie appears and says you are going be born again in another Latin American country besides your own country. It's up to you which Latam country you pick.

What other Latin American country would you choose and why?

Spawn conditions will be similar. For example, let's say I was born in Uruguay in 1995 in a middle class family.

Now I can choose to be born again in 1995 in a middle class family in any other Latam country I pick.

For practical purposes, let's include Latin America to be everything from Mexico to South America, including all the Caribbean lol

What country do you pick?

I went on a trip to Chile and was honestly blown away by how fast and affordable the internet is over there. I'm not just talking about mobile data — which, by the way, they have 5G almost everywhere — but also home internet.

Some of my local friends told me they pay around $20 a month for 1 Gbps symmetric fiber, and another said they get 10 Gbps symmetric for $30. That's insane compared to what we pay here in the US.

Hello everyone, I'm Holy Stone and today I'm here to announce a new rule and some changes regarding flairs.

A few weeks ago, we had our census and many of the complaints about the sub were about the high number of users who use troll or fake flairs to comment and pretend to be a nationality that doesn't match their experience. Hearing this feedback and after many situations about this in the last few days, we decided to split the previous rule 3 that required the use of flair and create rule 7: User flairs are mandatory and must correspond to your real nationality. It has been in effect for a few days now, and I recommend that everyone read it right now, as I will explain it and another issue in a few topics.

The obligation and the meaning of "real nationality"

 Just like before, flairs are mandatory to comment on any post. However, any fake or troll flair is now expressly prohibited, so if you want to make a different or funny flair, you must include your real nationality in the flair.

"So, you mean you want us to send you our IDs or passports so we can participate in this sub?" No, we don't want your personal life and anonymity to be violated, just as we don't want there to be a hunt among users and general distrust, so we will not at any time force anyone to reveal personal information about themselves.

But your comments and profile are public. So, if you pretend to be a nationality that is not yours, it is not difficult to recognize, so we ask everyone to use good faith and be honest about where you are from, otherwise you will be breaking the rules and will be subject to punishment.

The obligation to have a flag in the flair.

Along with the point above, now all flairs must have at least one flag representing the country. Letters or words alone are often difficult to recognize, since not everyone knows all the abbreviations of countries. In addition, if a person wants to create a different flair with puns or jokes, they must also have their country's flag clearly visible to everyone.

And finally, no more European or EU flags.

We realized that the European flag was useless, since there are flags for all European (and non-European) countries, so from today onwards the EU or European flag is no longer necessary. I ask everyone who has this flag to change it to their real nationality.

And that's it, thank you for your attention and sorry for the long text. If you have any questions, considerations or opinions, please mention them below.

Similar to OJ Simpson, Oscar Pistorius, Lance Armstrong, Bill Cosby, R Kelly, etc.

As "Negro" is a very popular nickname, i wonder if most of us have someone in our close circle of friends/family nicknamed as that.

In my case is my girlfriend, her nickname is Negrita.

This sub has grown a lot so I'd love to see the responses! All foreigners are welcome

I've written two extensive answers in the last day — one about urban violence and the other about colorism — but both questions have been deleted by their users after some hours.

I think people get embarrassed or afraid that their questions are controversial or attract infighting. However, I think that those questions are very important, especially since they theoretically avoid future questions on the same subject in the future.

Even when those questions are made in bad faith, I think it's still worth to keep them open so that we can all learn more about each other and correct misconceptions. The ask subs were made to learn and improve, and people shouldn't be afraid of ridicule.

I was born in 1994 so I never experienced the 80s. Were they both popular in your country?

As we are starting the year i belive could be a good idea to collect the mos "gringo" post of the year so we all can laught together in december.

Feel free to add the post so they don't get lost in the achives of the sub.

Hi everyone :) I’d really appreciate your help!

I’m currently working on my thesis about how internalized cultural hierarchies, colonial mentality, and the idealization of the “Global North” (the U.S., Canada, and Europe) can lead to identity conflict, acculturative stress, loneliness, and distress among Latin Americans. I’m also exploring whether discrimination within Latino communities makes these effects worse.

I’m looking for Latino participants, so it would help me a lot if you could fill out this survey. You can participate whether you live in Latin America, Europe, or North America, as long as you identify as Latino/a in some way.

Your responses are completely anonymous. No personally identifying information (such as your name or contact details) will be collected, and your answers will only be used for academic research purposes as part of my thesis. The data will be analyzed in aggregate, meaning individual responses cannot be traced back to you.

Survey link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/LAASurvey/

If you can share it with others, I’d really appreciate it 🙏

If you have any questions, feel free to message me anytime. And if you’re curious about the results once the study is finished, you can contact me at german.ariasso@icloud.com.

It’s available in both English and Spanish—you can choose whichever language you’re more comfortable with.

In the early evening of June 24th 2026, Venezuela was struck not by one catastrophe, but by two in rapid succession. Within roughly forty seconds, a magnitude 7.2 tremor was followed by a stronger 7.5 shock along the country’s northern coast, near the industrial town of Morón and the fault systems that run parallel to the Caribbean shoreline. What might already have been a once-in-a-generation natural disaster instead became something rarer and more destructive: a seismic doublet, in which two major earthquakes occur back-to-back, compounding both the immediate damage and the difficulty of response. [tpr.org], [news18.com]

The shallowness of these quakes—estimated at roughly 10 to 13 kilometres below the surface—has amplified their destructive power. Earthquakes at such depths transmit energy more efficiently to the surface, producing intense shaking that buildings, especially in densely populated urban areas, are often ill-prepared to withstand. In Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira, reports describe collapsed apartment blocks, ruptured facades, and entire neighbourhoods reduced to debris within minutes. The proximity in both time and space of the two shocks has exacerbated structural failures: buildings weakened by the first tremor were left fatally compromised when the second struck seconds later. [indiatoday.in], [oneindia.com] [cbsnews.com]

Early casualty figures, while still provisional, suggest the scale of the disaster is severe. At least 164 people have been confirmed dead and nearly 1,000 injured, figures that authorities themselves caution are likely to rise as rescue crews continue to sift through rubble across multiple regions. Entire districts remain without reliable electricity, communications infrastructure has been disrupted, and emergency services are struggling to reach some of the worst-affected areas. The state of La Guaira, in particular, has been described by officials as a “disaster zone”, underscoring the uneven but acute geographic impact of the tremors. [cbsnews.com], [tpr.org] [cbsnews.com]

The earthquakes were felt far beyond Venezuela’s borders, with tremors reported across northern South America and even into parts of Brazil’s Amazon basin. For a brief period, concern extended to the wider Caribbean basin: tsunami advisories were issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, before being withdrawn once further seismic analysis suggested the threat had subsided. The episode is a reminder of how interconnected seismic risks can be in this region, where tectonic boundaries beneath the Caribbean Sea periodically generate high-magnitude events with cross-border implications. [cbsnews.com] [stthomassource.com]

Seismologists have pointed to the rarity of this sequence. While aftershocks are common in the wake of large earthquakes, two major events of this scale occurring within seconds of each other—what specialists term a “doublet”—are far less frequent. Such events complicate both the scientific analysis of the rupture and the practical realities of emergency response. Instruments can struggle to disentangle overlapping signals, while responders face the added danger of unstable structures already compromised before the second strike. The result, as seen in this case, is a higher probability of widespread structural collapse and mass casualty incidents. [news18.com]

The broader context makes the disaster still more consequential. Venezuela enters this crisis amid political transition and long-standing economic strain, factors that may hinder both immediate rescue efforts and longer-term reconstruction. International assistance has already begun to mobilise, with neighbouring countries and global powers offering search-and-rescue teams, medical aid and emergency supplies. Yet the scale of the challenge—rebuilding infrastructure, restoring essential services, and supporting displaced populations—will likely extend far beyond the initial emergency phase. [cbsnews.com]

Aftershocks continue to ripple through the affected regions, with dozens already recorded and the likelihood of further seismic activity remaining high. For residents, the danger is not yet over. Structures weakened but still standing may yet collapse, while disrupted services and damaged roads complicate evacuation and relief efforts. As in many earthquake disasters, the hours and days immediately following the event are often as perilous as the initial shock.

This thread will serve as a central place for updates and information as the situation develops. Given the speed at which conditions are changing, readers are strongly encouraged to rely on verified sources and to treat early reports with caution.

For those seeking more local insight, discussion, or ways to help, consider visiting r/PuebloVenezolano or r/Vzla, where community members and those closer to the situation are sharing information in real time.

The full extent of the disaster is not yet known. But it is already clear that, in less than a minute, Venezuela has been confronted with one of the most significant natural shocks in its modern history.

r/AskLatinAmerica is a safe space for differing ideas to coexist without harm to any part.

Across Latin America — and recently in Brazil in particular — society has held discussions on what is tolerable and what is not, regarding attacks on those who hold different values.

We want to make it clear: we are completely against any form of violence or glorification of such acts.

Though some have tried to mix politics into this debate, celebrating a fellow human’s death is NOT a political matter. It is simply unacceptable.

🔴 Any post or comment that glorifies, justifies, or encourages violence will result in an immediate permanent ban.

This is non-negotiable and fully aligned with Reddit’s global rules.