The term brasiguaio (
Portuguese) or brasiguayo (
Spanish) is associated to individuals holding ties with Brazil and Paraguay. It is commonly used by members within and outside this group when referring to
Brazilian migrants in
Paraguay
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and their descendants, as well as Paraguayans immigrants in Brazil and their descendants, including those who moved back to Paraguay after a long time. In Paraguay, it is attributed to Brazilians and their descendants living in the Southeastern Paraguayan departments of
Canindeyú and
Alto Paraná, which border with
Brazil
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. Most of them emigrated from Brazil in the 1960s stimulated by the Paraguayan government seeking to develop its bordering region with Brazil through agricultural production.
As of 2001, there are about 455,000 Brasiguaios living in Paraguay, or about one-tenth of Paraguay's population.
In some border zones, Brasiguayos and their descendants are more than 90% of the population and
Portuguese is widely spoken. In
San Alberto de Mbaracayú city, approximately 80% of its 23,000 inhabitants are of Brazilian ancestry. The origins of Brasiguaios are said to be mostly from the three states of the
South Region of Brazil in proximity to Paraguay,
Paraná,
Santa Catarina, and
Rio Grande do Sul
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. Most Brasiguayos are ethnically
White
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and of
German,
Italian and
Polish descent.
See also
*
Brazil–Paraguay relations
References
External links
La presencia incómoda de los "brasiguayos" - TerraméricaFolha de S.Paulo article
(Brazilian newspaper)
(Mercosur Magazine)
* ttp://wais.stanford.edu/Brazil/brazil_braziliansinparaguay61501.html BRAZIL: Brazilians in Paraguay
Ethnic groups in Paraguay
Immigration to Paraguay
Paraguay
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Brazil–Paraguay border
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