Articles tagged with: Immigration
Brazil loves (moderately) immigrants
Some 682,000 foreigners live in Brazil according to (2009) official statistics – but the number might be higher since many immigrants don’t have papers and aren’t caught by the radar. Even then, they are a …
Dirty hearts: Japanese immigrants that denied their defeat in WWII
In 1945, the war was over in the Pacific and emperor Hiroito surrended to the Allies. But some Japanese that immigrated to Brazil were certain that their country had won the conflict and the news were …
Brazil explained in 100 images (Part 3)
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Enjoy this tour of 150 years of Brazilian history through photography and other iconography. Ten Fridays, ten pictures …
Brazil explained in 100 images (part 2)
[UPDADE] – You have the option of seeing all the 100 images in only one post. Click here.
Enjoy this tour of 150 years of Brazilian history through photography and other iconography. Ten Fridays, ten pictures …
Brazil attracts more Latin Americans
In the beginning of the 20th century, the neighborhood of Pari, in São Paulo, concentrated Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Greek populations that immigrated to work in factories – many of them anarchists and socialists that …
Tolerant neighbors (sort of)
Brazilians have prejudices, but are among the most tolerant populations of the world. This is one of the conclusions you can draw from the graphs produced by the World Values Society. It is a worldwide …
