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It seems like the percent foreign-born for Latin American countries is not particularly high. Only Costa Rica seems a bit higher than most others but many Latin Americans don't have more than a few % of the population foreign born. It seems like Europe and the Anglo countries have far more foreign born people.
It seems like the percent foreign-born for Latin American countries is not particularly high. Only Costa Rica seems a bit higher than most others but many Latin Americans don't have more than a few % of the population foreign born. It seems like Europe and the Anglo countries have far more foreign born people.
Chile has immigrants from all over the world. I think Colombia is starting to gain more, and Brasil would probably be up there also.
Costa Rica, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia are countries that attract a lot of immigrants. Those are the countries I am familiar with, countries that I have been to and where I have seen immigrants first hand.
I assume there are still people going to Argentina? I used to teach and tutor a lot of Koreans and I met quite a few who grew up in Argentina and/or Mexico. It was quite interesting to have Spanish conversations with them.
Some people from Spain and Portugal are moving to Latin America for work. I am guessing they are moving into the faster developing countries of Brazil Chile and Mexico. Although i am not exactly sure about the number.
Most of the Latin Americans who move to spain are from ecuador and Colombia
There are quite a few Asians in Central America, mostly Koreans. They move there mostly to open up sweatshops. When you buy clothes from jc penny or target and it says made in Honduras or made in Guatemala chances are it was made by a 15 to 25 year old female who gets payed and treated like **** by her Korean boss.
There are quite a few Asians in Central America, mostly Koreans. They move there mostly to open up sweatshops. When you buy clothes from jc penny or target and it says made in Honduras or made in Guatemala chances are it was made by a 15 to 25 year old female who gets payed and treated like **** by her Korean boss.
I have heard the same from factory workers in Tijuana, many single mothers who really need the jobs. It angers me that a holes come to make a profit and mistreat the local populations.
My mother owns a house on the coast of Baja California. We rented to a Korean couple who owned a factory there. The wife would make the most disparaging remarks and complain all of the time (ex: I can't believe a house like this exists in Mexico). I couldn't stand her, she was such a stuck up piece of work.
Surprisingly, Paraguay draws immigrants from Asia, Middle East and even some from Europe. It is a large country with a small population (7 million) that is relatively poor. Some immigrants might be attracted to Paraguay's agribusiness since they are one of the largest soybean producers in the world. There is even a colony of Mennonites that has been in Paraguay for a century or so in Nuevo Filadelfia. If you go to Ciudad del Este near Iguazu Falls, there is a very large middle eastern community where some neighborhoods seem far removed from the middle of South America.
Surprisingly, Paraguay draws immigrants from Asia, Middle East and even some from Europe. It is a large country with a small population (7 million) that is relatively poor. Some immigrants might be attracted to Paraguay's agribusiness since they are one of the largest soybean producers in the world. There is even a colony of Mennonites that has been in Paraguay for a century or so in Nuevo Filadelfia. If you go to Ciudad del Este near Iguazu Falls, there is a very large middle eastern community where some neighborhoods seem far removed from the middle of South America.
I think Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants are all over Latin America.
I have always been interested in visiting Paraguay. Is it true that everyone is bilingual in Spanish and the native language, I think Guarani?
"In the middle-class kitchens of Chile, it is women from Peru who wash the dishes. The men who pick fruit in the vast agro-estates in Chilean valleys are Bolivians. And many of the men who chip copper from its mountains are Colombians.
The acceleration of Latin America’s largest economies has created an unprecedented flow of economic migration on the continent, pulling workers, both highly skilled and those seeking manual labour, from its poorest countries to its richest.
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Chile is the first-choice destination for many Spanish-speaking migrants because work in Brazil requires knowledge of Portuguese. Chilean employers are delighted to have the guest workers because a recent surge in standards of living has left even low-income Chileans uninterested in jobs doing agricultural labour or domestic work. "
Even though the Canadian article mentiones Latin America it seems they have focused more on Chile, so I suppose it's one of the most prefered countries to immigrate to.
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