Brazilians in Uruguay

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Palacio Brasil by night, Montevideo, headquarters of the Brazilian Club and the Uruguayan-Brazilian Cultural Institute.

Brazilian Uruguayans are people born in Brazil who live in Uruguay.

History

There are lots of Brazilian-born persons living in Uruguay, for a number of reasons.[1] Above all, the frontier, which is one of the most permeable in the world; the neighboring cities of Rivera and Santana do Livramento, as a matter of fact, function closely as if they were a single big city. Then the languages spoken in both countries are mutually intelligible, with a hybrid variant, the Riverense Portuñol language. Historical reasons are also important: when the Southern Cone was disputed between the Spanish and Portuguese empires, a good portion of the territory of modern Uruguay changed hands several times. And, shortly before Uruguay was born as an independent nation, it was annexed to Brazil with the name of Cisplatine Province. Last, but not least, slavery was early abolished in Uruguay but persisted in Brazil for decades to come, so many Afro-Brazilian slaves escaped to Uruguay.

Present

As of 2013, there are over 1,600 Brazilian workers registered in the Uruguayan social security.[2]

Well-off Brazilians are increasingly choosing the international seaside resort Punta del Este to spend their summer holidays, some of them even as permanent residence.[3]

There is a Uruguayan-Brazilian Cultural Institute in the center of Montevideo.[4]

Notable people

  • Irineu Evangelista de Sousa (1813-1889), locally known as Baron of Mauá, Brazilian businessman and banker
  • Aparicio Saravia (1856-1904), political leader, born in Uruguay to Brazilian parents
  • André Nunes, Brazilian footballer in Cerro Largo

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brazilians in Uruguay (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "Foreign workers in Uruguay". EL PAIS. Retrieved 4 November 2013.  (Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Foreign residents in Punta del Este". El Observador. 28 November 2013.  (Spanish)
  4. ↑ ICUB (Spanish)
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