Porteño (feminine: Porteña, lit. 'port city person' in Spanish) is mainly used to refer to the residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also used for other port cities, such as El Puerto de Santa María, Spain; Valparaíso, Chile; Mazatlán, Veracruz, Acapulco and Tampico, Mexico; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; Puerto Colombia, Colombia; Puerto Suárez in Bolivia; Puerto Cortés, Honduras; Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Porteño in the context of Viveza criolla
"Viveza criolla" is Spanish language phrase literally meaning "creole vivacity" and may be translated as "creoles' cleverness" or "creoles cunning". It describes a way of life in Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, among other Latin American countries. It is also known as "criollada" in Peru.
It is a philosophy of progress along the line of least resistance, ignoring rules, and a lack of sense of responsibility and consideration for others. It extends to all social groups and throughout the entirety of society. In Argentina, it is predominantly associated with Buenos Aires and its inhabitants, the porteños. Viveza criolla has been called "the principal cause of a moral, cultural, economic, social and political crisis".
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