Greetings in Guatemala. Among Latino urban women, greetings and farewells call for handshakes, arm or shoulder patting, embraces, and even cheek kissing, almost from first acquaintance. Men embrace and cheek-kiss women friends of the family. Men embrace, but do not kiss each other. Children are taught to kiss all adult relatives and close acquaintances of their parents. They always use ¨hello¨ and ¨goodbye¨ (hola and adios).