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Regarding geographical differences, even though Brazil doesn't have anything close to resembling the Andes, still a huge country filled with diversity. Brazilian forumers can tell us more on how different are Manaus to Bahia to Rio to Curitiba.
Brazil may lack a sizable indigenous component but its Middle eastern, European, and Asian -specially Japanese-communities make up for it. Not to mention it's huge African and Portuguese print with all its variants.
You're concentrating solely on the ethnic variable and omitting the geographical and climatic variables completely.
What identifies Latin America from the rest of the world? One of the pillars is the Native American civilizations, no immigrant populace can make up for that.
Also although Brazil has the greatest immigrant ethnic variety, other LatAm countries are not void of this.
Regarding geographical differences, even though Brazil doesn't have anything close to resembling the Andes, still a huge country filled with diversity. Brazilian forumers can tell us more on how different are Manaus to Bahia to Rio to Curitiba.
I'm sure they're very different but not more-so than the differences between their Colombian counterparts.
Ecuador no but Peru possibly. The main thing against Peru is its lack of cities. Lima has an extremely strong hold on the rest of Peru as the majority of people that lived in the Andes flocked to the coast. It's only real counterpoint is the Arequipa/Cuzco region to the south.
Regarding geographical differences, even though Brazil doesn't have anything close to resembling the Andes, still a huge country filled with diversity. Brazilian forumers can tell us more on how different are Manaus to Bahia to Rio to Curitiba.
Curitiba is in fact a first world city (economic, socially and in organization) just it becomes Curitiba very different from others Brazilians cities you mentioned… and so European because like medium cities of 1 million people like Joinville or Blumenau or Caxias do sul or Nova Hamburgo; Curitiba was a colony of Germans, Russian from Volga (Germans), Polish and Italians but Curitiba is a capital city of 3,5 millions of inhabitants in his metro area.
Curitiba is also the coldest capital city in Brazil with many winters days temperatures around 0 degrees.
Manaus is the Brazilian big city where most people have native American background, although people in Manus is mixed race 50% Amerindian and 50% white in average, so they are not much Amerindian culturally but yet with strong influence specially because Manaus localization is in the heart of Amazon jungle with 2,5 millions of people in metro area they are a big city with a taste of Amazon in the food, customs, weather... Other world… Wonderful!!
Is an industrial city, Manaus is a free taxes Brazilian city for soft industries of mobile phones, computers… this kind of stuffs. Manaus is safe and very developed comparing with most north and northeast cities.
Salvador (Bahia) is more or less like the ‘’Brazilian’s New Orleans’’ a hub of African-Brazilian culture.
In Salvador 80% of his inhabitants are blacks or mixed race of whites-blacks but mostly blacks in the admixture but not just because this, they kept much of the food, customs, music of African influence.
Salvador is tropical beach city totally touristic.
Rio de Janeiro is more or less like a Portuguese city but with many aspects similar to Salvador.
In fact Rio was capital of Portuguese empire. 50% of the Rios’s inhabitants are whites but of Portuguese background it aspect became them in many ways different from paulistas and southern and the other 50% are blacks or mixed whites-blacks and the city has important African influence in music and culture. Rio is a tropical touristic beach city like Salvador but with economy more diverse and 10 million people in metro area.
So they are like cities from 3 continents in the same country.
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Ecuador no but Peru possibly. The main thing against Peru is its lack of cities. Lima has an extremely strong hold on the rest of Peru as the majority of people that lived in the Andes flocked to the coast. It's only real counterpoint is the Arequipa/Cuzco region to the south.
Interesting..I thought Ecuador would be more "complete" (don't like using that word for this) because of the Quito/ Guayaquil divide...you are right about Peru...very Lima centric
Colombia narrowly over Brazil because of the geographic variety of the former and the Spanish culture having more in common with more countries in SA...I don't see a close third country
You're concentrating solely on the ethnic variable and omitting the geographical and climatic variables completely.
What identifies Latin America from the rest of the world? One of the pillars is the Native American civilizations, no immigrant populace can make up for that.
Also although Brazil has the greatest immigrant ethnic variety, other LatAm countries are not void of this.
North Brazil, Manaus, Belem do Pará, Acre, Amapá, Roraima and Rondonia in Amazon area and Mato-Grosso in Pantanal area have big Native American influence mixed with only Portuguese and no black-african and other immigrants very similar with Spanish America. We are talking about more than 20 million people.
The problem is that YOU foreigner think that Brazil is just the Atlantic coast cities.
And climate diferences of course is a continental country.
Brazil have semi arid desert, equatorial jungle climate, tropical of course, subtropical / temperate with snow in the medium high lands in the south area.
North Brazil, Manaus, Belem do Pará, Acre, Amapá, Roraima and Rondonia in Amazon area and Mato-Grosso in Pantanal area have big Native American influence mixed with only Portuguese and no black-african and other immigrants very similar with Spanish America. We are talking about more than 20 million people.
The problem is that YOU foreigner think that Brazil is just the Atlantic coast cities.
And climate diferences of course is a continental country.
Brazil have semi arid desert, equatorial jungle climate, tropical of course, subtropical / temperate with snow in the medium high lands in the south area.
1. Having a mix of Native American blood is not the same as conserving the customs, way of life, language and having archaeological sites.
2. The Serra do Caparaó are your biggest relevant mountain range and they're small in comparison. Even the mountain ranges in Dominican Republic are bigger, that's incredible for a country that's more than 175 x smaller than Brazil.
3. I may be a foreigner but I know about Caixas to Rio Branco - don't try to use that tactic on me.
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Argentina is missing the Afro component (it had one in the past but not any more)...also missing that Caribbean/ tropical and rain forest component...Colombia is more "complete" and I am puzzled as to why Argentina would rank over Brazil
Yeah, Argentina isn't really that diverse by South American standards. No Amazon, few heavily indigenous areas, no Afro culture
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