But when the Spanish and Portugeese invaded the continent, the brewing industry was realy booming. The beers that were produced from then on were European lagers. Beer is seen there as a thurst-releaver, not a special thing to drink.
Beer is produced in South-America in enormous quantities.
Polar from Venezuela, Antarctica from Brazil. Beercans have no standard size here, because many beercans are imported from Europe and North-America.