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That also is my perception, from Brazil. There is even the concept of "cordial man", coined by sociologist Sergio Buarque d Holanda, that is connected to this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordial_man

by croisillon5 hours ago|

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i remember >20 years ago going to the bus station somewhere between RJ and SP, and asking the best way to get to Iguaçu

  - it's difficult
  - ok fine but how
  - it's difficult
  - right i'll see that but how
  - it's difficult

then it dawned on me this meant get away you fool :D

by wesleyfsmith8 hours ago|

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can speak from personal experience that it's the same culturally in colombia