A Latin American Paradox: Both Self-Enhancing and Interdependent Cristina E. Salvador 1 Sandra Idrovo Carlier 2 Keiko Ishii 3 Carolina Torres Castillo 2 Kevin Nanakdewa 4 Fernanda Canale Segovia 5 Alvaro San Martin 6 Krishna Savani 7 Shinobu Kitayama 8 1 Duke University, 2 Universidad de La Sabana, 3 Nagoya University, 4 Peking University, 5 IPADE Business School, 6 IESE Business School, 7 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and 8 University of Michigan Word Count: 5674 Keywords: Culture, Self, Self-enhancement, Self-evaluation, Latin America Note: This is an unpublished pre-print that is under review. It is subject to change and shared only to facilitate the dissemination of early findings.