British Latin American
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A British Latin American is a Latin American of British ancestry.
British immigration to Latin America occurred mostly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and went primarily to Argentina and Brazil.
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[edit] Argentina
Argentina currently has perhaps the largest population of British Latin Americans, most of it consisting of Anglo-Argentines in the Buenos Aires area. In the mid-1980s they were estimated at 100,000.
The country also has also had a Welsh community in the Patagonia since their arrival from Liverpool in the 1860s. Its creation was an effort by nonconformists to build a "little Wales" away from the English. They currently number around 20,000.[1]
A Scottish Argentine population has existed for 180 years.[2] The first Argentine woman to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree was of Scottish ancestry.[3]
Famous British Argentines include Jorge Luis Borges and Olivia Hussey, famous for playing Juliet in the movie Romeo and Juliet.
[edit] Brazil
Perhaps the most famous Brazilians of British ancestry are the Gracie family, well-known for their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Their ancestors arrived from Scotland.
Oscar Cox introduced football to his native city, Rio de Janeiro, a century ago. He founded one of the top teams in Brazil, Fluminense Football Club.
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/wales/w_nw/article_1.shtml Chapels, tea houses and gauchos: The Welsh in Patagonia.
- ^ http://www.clan-macrae.org.uk/scotland/clannews.cfm?Task=display&ID=65
- ^ http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/tartanday.htm#argentina
