We are a unique people in several aspects.
Some popular observations are correct.
We are a cordial people, very informal in many ways. Even saints amongst us deserve this treatment, like Santa Terezinha, for example. The transplantation of an Iberian society to Latin America brought some peculiarities and singularities. After more than 700 years of Islamic dominance, male domination over women still reigns today in societies of Iberian origin like ours. The need of the implantation of slave labor made such a mess with the value of the manual work.