European Migration In Latin America

Major countries in Latin America were countries built and shaped by immigration. Between 5 and 7 million Europeans emigrated to Latin America and the Caribbean in the last decades of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. This major transoceanic emigration to South America saw voluntary migrants such as Italians to Argentina and Japanese to Brazil. During the period between 1860 to 2010, Argentina and Brazil were major points of migration to South America as people tried to escape poverty, famine and overpopulation. Argentina and Brazil promised wealth and land, as a result these nations prospered economically at the expense of their migrant workers. Unemployment and famine in Southern Europe, and overpopulation in Japan during

During the closing decades of the nineteenth century, Europeans faced famine due to poverty, leading the first Italians to migrate to Argentina, where food was plentiful. The economic depression of northern Italy led millions of Italians to travel to South America in search of new jobs, creating an Economic boom during the 1880s. Italian immigration during 1880s was of about 64,000 people. However, this number increases to about 2.5 million immigrants to Argentina between 1880 and 1930. The Argentine government encouraged European migration; Europeans were promised wealth and land in Argentina, while

Even though Italians had flourished in Argentina, they were accused of many problems that were against their Argentinian culture. Despite the fact that Italians started to face discrimination, they still migrated to Argentina. Even though Argentine elites had encouraged cheap European labor, they started to see immigrants as a threat to national identity and political stability. European ideologies such as anarchism and socialism were seen as a threat to the Argentine Oligarchy. The widespread fear against Europeans led to the deadly anti-immigrant depression also known as “La Serenata Trágica” or The Tragic week in 1919 where hundreds of immigrants were killed. As Italians had experienced in Argentina, Japanese were likewise exploited and discriminated in Brazil. As Japanese were ethnically different from the Brazilians in South America, this brought up racism against their culture. When World War II started a social divide for Japanese Brazilians was created; the Brazilian government restricted many things about Japanese culture. Some Japanese Brazilians had hoped to return to their home country, while others decided to adapt to Brazilian society. This led to Japanese to learn Portuguese and were educated in Brazilian schools and universities and made their way into Brazilian society. In the 1980s some Japanese