Brazilian Mexicans Explained

Group:	Brazilian Mexicans brasileño-mexicanos brasileiro-mexicanos
Population:	45,000 Brazilian citizens (2020^[1] (Number of Mexicans of Brazilian descent unknown)
Langs:	Portuguese, Spanish
Rels:	Christianity
Related:	other Brazilian diaspora

There is a Brazilian diaspora in Mexico. Although the first Portuguese-speaking immigrants in Mexico were the Portuguese, Brazilians today are the largest Portuguese-speaking community living in the country, numbering around 45,000 individuals.

History

There has been a Brazilian presence in Mexico since at least 1895, when the National Census counted 91 residents.^[2] As a result of the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, around one hundred individuals were admitted into Mexico as political refugees.^[3]

Institutions

Founded in 1945 in Mexico City, the main cultural organization is the Centro Cultural Brasil-México.^[4] With more than fourteen thousand works, the center houses the largest collection of Brazilian books in Mexico.^[4] The collection grew through the donations from the Brazilian community, the Brazilian Embassy and publishers that have participated in the Guadalajara International Book Fair.^[4]

Notable individuals

Football

Luís Roberto Alves, striker
Leandro Augusto, midfielder
Evanivaldo Castro, forward
Alex Fernandes, striker
Ricardo Ferretti, midfielder, manager
Eder Pacheco, striker
Julio César Pinheiro, midfielder
Flavio Rogério, defender
Geraldo Francisco dos Santos, midfielder
Giovani dos Santos, striker
Jonathan dos Santos, midfielder
José Aílton da Silva, attacking midfielder
Lucas Silva, attacking midfielder
Sinha, attacking midfielder, central midfielder
Wilson Tiago, defensive midfielder
Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior, center back
Edson Zwaricz, striker

Other

Félix Bernardelli, painter
Jaime Camil, actor
Khotan Fernández, actor
Giselle Itié, actress
Metturo, singer, actor and influencer
Santiago Lambre, show jumper
Orlandina de Oliveira, sociologist
Léia Scheinvar, botanist

External links

Portal Brasil: Comunidade Brasileira no México

Notes and References

ComunidadeBrasileira2020.pdf.
Web site: Estadísticas Históricas de México . National Institute of Statistics and Geography. 30 September 2015. 83, 86. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201212345/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/historicas10/Tema1_Poblacion.pdf. 1 February 2016.
Wollny. Hans. México y el reto del asilo: una visión desde afuera. Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado. January 1990. 1. 69. UNAM. 19 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302115106/http://biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/revista/pdf/DerechoComparado/69/art/art7.pdf. 2 March 2016. live.
Web site: Ventura. Abida. Un pedazo de Brasil en México. El Universal. 10 June 2016. 26 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161027123434/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cultura/artes-visuales/2016/06/10/un-pedazo-de-brasil-en-mexico. 27 October 2016. live.