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Are you or your wife fluent in Spanish? (consider you said finding a place to move)

The reason I ask is about how people in certain parts of SA treat people who doesn't speak their language/unfamiliar with their culture.

I grew up in SA and know my way around.

Peru is very nice. The food is simply incredible. Tons of flavours and fusion everything (so many foreigners can get along with lil effort). In good areas I'd say it's at least as good as say Vancouver to live if not better.

Bolivia is overall shitty. You have to be careful when you are there. But Salar de Uyuni is MUST go place. It's breathtaking.

Chile is very decent overall. Life standard seems to be on par or near us. If you are into sea food, it's heaven (cheap and a lot of varieties)

Argentina is pretty good in country-side. I have never had any problem going outside. People are nice and treat you like family if you can communicate well with them. I spent about 3 month backpacking when I was 16... not a single problem. So was my dad who doesn't speak Spanish very well. Inside Buenos Aires... don't go to shitty areas and even in broad daylight, watch for your belongings and be very low profile. Beef is INCREDIBLE*3... you don't know beef until you have eaten with Argentineans.

Brazil is pretty bad if you are in the wrong neighbourhood. So stick ONLY to those basically "open for foreigners" areas unless you have a local dude who can guide you around.

Uruguay is nice. But I didn't find it particularly interesting during my little (about 3 weeks total) experience with it. Overall safe.

Paraguay is about the same as any normal city... don't go to shitty areas, countryside is good.