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En los años 80 antes de la guerra de las Malvinas le pidieron a un oficial británico de alto rango que juzgase la guerra que se presentaba. Su respuesta se hizo famosa en Italia. Haciendo hincapie en que los argentinos tienen ancestros españoles e italianos, dijo, esta guerra va a mostrar cual de los dos paises tuvo mayor influencia en su carácter. Si era Italia, la guerra sería un paseo, pero si era españa sus tropas se iban a enfrentar a una dura prueba.
Este siempre ha sido el estereotipo, los italianos son un pais de pintores, camareros y peluqueros y los españoles, según Hitler "los unicos latinos duros". En un lado Opera, en el otro tauromaquia.
Back in the 1980s, before the Falklands war, a senior British officer was asked to assess the fight that lay ahead. His answer became notorious in Italy.
Noting that the Argentinians had mixed - Spanish and Italian - ancestry, he said the war would show which of the two nations had had the biggest influence on their character. If it was Italy, then it would be a walkover, but if it was Spain then he and his troops were in for a tough time.
That has always been the stereotype: the Italians a nation of painters, waiters and hairdressers; the Spaniards, in Hitler's words, "the only tough Latins". Opera on one side; bullfighting on the other.
Stereotypes shattered | World news | The Guardian
En los años 80 antes de la guerra de las Malvinas le pidieron a un oficial británico de alto rango que juzgase la guerra que se presentaba. Su respuesta se hizo famosa en Italia. Haciendo hincapie en que los argentinos tienen ancestros españoles e italianos, dijo, esta guerra va a mostrar cual de los dos paises tuvo mayor influencia en su carácter. Si era Italia, la guerra sería un paseo, pero si era españa sus tropas se iban a enfrentar a una dura prueba.
Este siempre ha sido el estereotipo, los italianos son un pais de pintores, camareros y peluqueros y los españoles, según Hitler "los unicos latinos duros". En un lado Opera, en el otro tauromaquia.
Back in the 1980s, before the Falklands war, a senior British officer was asked to assess the fight that lay ahead. His answer became notorious in Italy.
Noting that the Argentinians had mixed - Spanish and Italian - ancestry, he said the war would show which of the two nations had had the biggest influence on their character. If it was Italy, then it would be a walkover, but if it was Spain then he and his troops were in for a tough time.
That has always been the stereotype: the Italians a nation of painters, waiters and hairdressers; the Spaniards, in Hitler's words, "the only tough Latins". Opera on one side; bullfighting on the other.
Stereotypes shattered | World news | The Guardian
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