title: Understanding Spanish-Speaking South Americans: Bridging Hemispheres (Interact Series)
author:  Skye Stephenson 
description: So much the same yet so different, the nine Spanish-Speaking nations of South America are united by similar cultural themes yet differentiated by ethnicity and race, degree of European immigration, geographical influences, and temperament. Skye Stephenson weaves the dual threads of Spanish political and religious history, often referred to as the sword and the cross, into a tapestry of cultural insights for these diverse countries: personalisimo, class, gender, identity, dignity, the importance of appearances, and more. These insights are then applied to the workplace as well as to personal relationships. The second part of the book has chapters on each of nine countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
zlib_text: > SWEET SIXTEEN
  
  > BRENDA ROTHERT
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 10_
  
  >  _Chapter 11_
  
  >  _Chapter 12_
  
  >  _Chapter 13_
  
  >  _Chapter 14_
  
  >  _Chapter 15_
  
  >  _Chapter 16_
  
  >  _Chapter 17_
  
  >  _Chapter 18_
  
  >  _Chapter 19_
  
  >  _Chapter 20_
  
  >  _Chapter 21_
  
  >  _Chapter 22_
  
  >  _Chapter 23_
  
  >  _Chapter 24_
  
  >  _Chapter 25_
  
  >  _Chapter 26_
  
  >  _Chapter 27_
  
  >  _Chapter 28_
  
  >  _Epilogue_
  
  >  _About the Author_
  
  >  _Acknowledgments_
  
  > > CHAPTER ONE
  
  GIN
  
  I DON’T BELONG HERE.
  
  The thought occurs to me for at least the thousandth time as I walk down a
  crowded hallway at Roper High School after my last class of the day. I’m
  behind a couple of sophomore girls who apparently just left geography class.
  
  “I don’t get it,” one of them says to the other. “Why is it called South
  America if it’s not even, like, _America_? America is America.”
  
  “Right?” The other