If North Were South by Ricardo Arjona The song “If North Were South,” by Ricardo Arjona form his album If North Were South Released May of 1996 compares North and South America, and the stereotypes Latin America has over North America. This song also focuses on the influence that North America has over South America, and south Americas desire to be like North America, Arjona states that idea in the line “stripes and stars are taking over my flag, and our freedom is nothing but a whore”. Ricardo Arjona concludes the song with the line “If North were South, it would be the same junk,” in this song Ricardo Arjona tries to persuade his Latin American Audience to change their point of view of North America with the choice of words to them examples
