Bolivians in Brazil
Appearance
Regions with significant populations | |
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Brazil:
Mainly Southeastern Brazil Center-Western Brazil · border regions and some metropolises along Northern Brazil | |
Languages | |
Spanish · Portuguese Minority: Guaraní · Aymará · possibly other Amerindian languages as Quechua | |
Religion | |
Mostly Roman Catholicism [Folk religion]]s. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bolivians other Brazilian, Hispanic and Hispanophone people |
Bolivians in Brazil are individuals of full, partial, or predominantly Bolivian ancestry, or a Bolivian-born person residing in Brazil. The governments of Bolivia and Brazil have begun to develop an agreement to regularize the situation of several thousand undocumented Bolivian immigrants in Brazil. [2] According to estimates by the Ministry's of Latin American immigrants and the National Association of Immigrants from Brazil more than 200,000 Bolivians are working illegally in São Paulo.[3][4]
Bolivians living in Brazil are the fifth largest immigrant group, behind only of the Americans, Japanese, Paraguayans, and the Portuguese.[5][6]
Notable Bolivian Brazilians
References
- ^ Estatísticas gerais: imigrantes e descendentes Archived June 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ El Reloj.(Spanish) Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bolivianos são o grupo mais atingido pela tuberculose em São Paulo.Agência Brasil. (Portuguese)
- ^ Mas de 200.00 Bolivianos trabajan en Sao Paulo (Spanish). Archived December 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/numero-de-imigrantes-no-brasil-cresceu-63-em-10-anos-diz-ibge,235873f2ef6da310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html
- ^ http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2012/04/27/numero-de-imigrantes-morando-no-brasil-quase-dobra-em-dez-anos-sp-e-pr-sao-os-principais-destinos.htm