What are the most influential Latin American countries culturally?

[Mixdguy17]

Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brasil, Argentina, RD, Cuba, Puerto Rico.

[Andullero]

I’d put Colombia ahead of us since they created Cumbia and have had lots of huge international pop stars

That might be so, but Domi dembow/regueton/trap has made A LOT of inroads in the last couple of years. Just the success of El Alfa is a sample of a larger trend.

[Daven]

That might be so, but Domi dembow/regueton/trap has made A LOT of inroads in the last couple of years. Just the success of El Alfa is a sample of a larger trend.

Colombia has Shakira, Maluma, J Balvin. Even Sofía Vergara, lol.

Merengue and Bachata have been commercially bigger than Cumbia though.

[Andullero]

Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, PR, DR. (The last three because of their large diaspora populations in the US and their influence when it comes to music in particular).

N.B. In Cuba's case there is also the issue of its somewhat, well, unique politics that it has tried to spread with varying degrees of success.

If it wouldnt have been for her political pariah status, Cuba would have been more important than Mexico culturally speaking, since many artists and ventures that were on the island before the revolution would have continued there instead of moving to Mexico after the event.

[Tooting Carmen]

If it wouldnt have been for her political pariah status, Cuba would have been more important than Mexico culturally speaking, since many artists and ventures that were on the island before the revolution would have continued there instead of moving to Mexico after the event.

Well I suppose Jose Marti is the greatest poet Latin America has produced...

[mitalit]

Apart from Mexico I would say that Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Cuba

[Andullero]

Well I suppose Jose Marti is the greatest peoet Latin America has produced...

The Nicaraguan Rubén Darío comes close, though.

[Tooting Carmen]

The Nicaraguan Rubén Darío comes close, though.

Neruda too.

[Tooting Carmen]

The thing about Marti is that, ironically, both pro- and anti-Castro Cubans adore him and claim his legacy.

[Daven]

Neruda and Darío before Martí for sure.