I watched the whole thing and it never improved. It's a very hollow and boring film. I'm just guessing but maybe at the time there was some fascination with South America because of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (even though he was from Cuba). They were huge in the 50's and this film came out in 1959 - the year they got divorced! And that means this was made when they were still together and it was most likely trying to cash in on their popularity, and if so, what bad timing.
This is about Ball and Arnaz:
" Wanting to spend more time together, the couple created and costarred in the hit sitcom I Love Lucy, where they played fictionalized versions of themselves.
Their daughter Lucie explained to PEOPLE, "They did the show so they could be together because my dad was always on the road and they never saw each other. So my parents thought, 'Well, this is going to save our marriage, and we can have a family.' "
The show ran from 1951 to 1957 and became the most-watched show in the United States at the time.
They divorced around 1959"
This is about Ball and Arnaz:
" Wanting to spend more time together, the couple created and costarred in the hit sitcom I Love Lucy, where they played fictionalized versions of themselves.
Their daughter Lucie explained to PEOPLE, "They did the show so they could be together because my dad was always on the road and they never saw each other. So my parents thought, 'Well, this is going to save our marriage, and we can have a family.' "
The show ran from 1951 to 1957 and became the most-watched show in the United States at the time.
They divorced around 1959"