People of Argentina

Argentines are friendly people who have a welcoming attitude, they receive visitors and expats open arms and anyone can not feel out of place with them.

More than 85% of Argentines have European origin due to migrations between 19^th and 20^th century.
The remainder comes from Native American (Indian) or other ethnic groups. They have an incredible multicultural mix.
Argentines speak mostly Spanish and while knowing some basic Spanish, people will be willing to help foreigners out.
Despite the mix of ancestries and languages, they are fiercely nationalistic.

Argentines place a high value on individuality, so people need to stick up for themselves and be prepare to negotiate hard.

Laws, contracts, and rules are flexible and liquid, and for a foreigner this can be a little bit confusing.

Argentines believe in sharing with who is next to them and being open.
In both speech and writing, they are tactful and diplomatic therefore they may be indirect but they will always communicate in an informal way, just like friends do.
Both social and business invitations may be accepted, whether or not the invitee intends to attend.

One kiss is the way of greet everyone, every time they meet
someone or when leaving a place, it
doesn’t matter if it is a friend, a colleague or an acquaintance. Argentines are warm and effusive, seldom trying to hide passion or sentimentality. They may touch each other when speaking, and they maintain little physical distance between speakers, much less than is customarily maintained in many other cultures. Sometime Argentines will compliment, even for something than can be considered an insignificant achievement, desiring to be warm.

Also it is a matter of pride for an Argentinian to know the right response to any query in order to be always prepared. Most of the time they have strong opinions on many issues, and although they can be circumspect and reserved, they will also express their opinions publicly. Groups of people can usually be found arguing economic policy, politics, or sports. They are generally well informed about those topics.