> However, Americans wouldn't normally be late for job interviews or other important events in a set time, which is completely normal in Latin America. Nope. S

> However, Americans wouldn't normally be late for job interviews or other important events in a set time, which is completely normal in Latin America. Nope. Sorry, but you are completely wrong. If you are late in job interviews for instance, you will probably not grant the job, if its in bussiness meetings, it will hurt your credentials in the company and it can even lead one to be fired. Bussiness mentality is different than party mentality. Other things you must have to take into account is local culture. Rio is more laidback, while Sao Paulo is much, much less because it has more of a bussiness culture. (And i bet its the same in the US between different cities). Thats one of the reasons why i try to teach some people, that for some contexts, thinking in terms of 'Latin America' its just wrong and too broad of a generalization. You cant hardly generalize the whole of Brazil, and doing so in terms of Latin America is even worse.