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The term Brasiguaio (Portuguese) or brasiguayo (Spanish) is associated to individuals holding ties with Brazil and Paraguay. It is commonly used by members within and outside this group when referring to Brazilian migrants in Paraguay and their descendants, and Brazilians who lived for a long period in Paraguay and then returned to Paraguay.[1] In Paraguay, it is attributed to Brazilian and their descendants living in the Southeastern Paraguayan departments of Canindeyú and Alto Paraná, which border with Brazil.[2] Most of them emigrated from Brazil by the 1960s stimulated by the Paraguayan government seeking to develop its bordering region with Brazil through agricultural production[3]
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Paraguay | 400,000 |
 Brazil | 60,000 |
| Languages | |
| Spanish and Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mainly Roman Catholicism) | |
In total they make up 455,000 Brasiguaios as of 2001[update], or about one-tenth of Paraguay's population.
In some border zones, Brasiguayos and their descendants are more than 90% of the population, where Portuguese is still spoken as the mother tongue.[4] In San Alberto de Mbaracayú city, approximately 80% of its 23,000 inhabitants are of Brazilian ancestry. The origins of Brasiguaios are said to be mostly from the three states of the South Region of Brazil in proximity to Paraguay, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. Most Brasiguayos are mainly ethnically White of German, Italian, and Polish descent.[5][6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Estrada, Marcos. (2015). The impact of land policies on international migration: The case of the Brasiguaios. Working Paper 120. International Migration Institute. University of Oxford. Available at: https://www.migrationinstitute.org/publications/the-impact-of-land-policies-on-international-migration-the-case-of-the-brasiguaios
- ^ Albuquerque, José Lindomar Coelho (2005). "Fronteiras em movimento e identidades nacionais: a imigração brasileira no Paraguai" (in Brazilian Portuguese).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Estrada, Marcos. "Brasiguaio Identities: An outcome of the pursuit of land across the Brazilian and Paraguayan shared border region". Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal. 5 (1). University of Warwick. doi:10.31273/eirj.v5i1.205.
- ^ Souchaud, S. (2007). Geografía de la migración brasileña en Paraguay.
- ^ Larry Rohter (2001-06-12). "San Alberto Journal; Local Cry: An Awful Lot of Brazilians in Paraguay". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present, p. 188, at Google Books
External links
edit- La presencia incómoda de los "brasiguayos" - Terramérica
- Folha de S.Paulo article (Brazilian newspaper)
- Revista do Mercosul (Mercosur Magazine)
- San Alberto Journal: Awful Lot of Brazilians in Paraguay, Locals Say - The New York Times
- BRAZIL: Brazilians in Paraguay
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- ^ Albuquerque, Jose Lindomar. "Nacionalismo na fronteira:"brasiguaios" e paraguaios na fronteira do Paraguai com o Brasil".