South Americans

[Peyrol]

23-25 millions of italian descedents in Brazil are a great number, if you consider that here ethnic italians are 56 millions.

[Laubach]

rio de janeiro the Italian influence has received more than the Espírito Santo.

[Laubach]

And Germans, too.

I think he wants to know about Italians

[Sikeliot]

The southern part of South America (southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) is in great contrast to the rest of South America from what I hear.. not only are most of the people of close to pure European stock but the architecture and food is distinctly European in character.

[Laubach]

23-25 millions of italian descedents in Brazil are a great number, if you consider that here ethnic italians are 56 millions.

I think it's the largest number of descendants of Italians Worldwide

[Peyrol]

Yes i know about german settlements.

I want know about italians because in the last years many italo-brazilians are returned here (Piemonte/Lombardia) and have asked the citizenship*. Also a brother of my grandfather lives in Curitiba and spent the summer (NB: italian summer) here.

*(italian law of citizenship say that if you have a italian ancestor born from 1861 to nowadays, you could receive the citizenship in 5 years instead of 10)

[Sikeliot]

Are most Italo-Brazilians of northern Italian descent?

[Rosenrot]

Yes i know about german settlements.

I want know about italians because in the last years many italo-brazilians are returned here (Piemonte/Lombardia) and have asked the citizenship*. Also a brother of my grandfather lives in Curitiba and spent the summer (NB: italian summer) here.

*(italian law of citizenship say that if you have a italian ancestor born from 1861 to nowadays, you could receive the citizenship in 5 years instead of 10)

I'm taking my Italian citizenship!

[Laubach]

The southern part of South America (southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) is in great contrast to the rest of South America from what I hear.. not only are most of the people of close to pure European stock but the architecture and food is distinctly European in character.

The south and southeastern Brazil were a great wave of European immigrants, and this is noticeable incities of the the states of Rio de Janeiro , SaoPaulo, MinasGerais , Espirito Santo , Parana, SantaCatarina and Rio Grande do Sul . The culture, architecture, folks, various towns in these states, remains faithful to European traditions

Argentina and Uruguay are basically white. The rest of South America, most are mestizos, Indians, mulattoes and blacks. Sure, you have a strong European presence in all other countries as well, but those three I mentioned are where European culture was more preserved. Especially Argentina

[Sikeliot]

And there are great regional differences within Brazil too, no? Like Bahia would have a lot more in common with Cape Verde and some Caribbean countries I'd imagine, than with Europe.