Bolivians in Brazil

Bolivians in Brazil

Total population
(about 300,000[1])
Regions with significant populations
Brazil: Mainly Southeastern Brazil Center-Western Brazil  · border regions and some metropolises along Northern Brazil
Languages
Spanish  · Portuguese Minority: Guaraní  · Aymará  · possibly other Amerindian languages as Quechua
Religion
Mostly Roman Catholicism Agnosticism, Atheism, Folk religions.
Related ethnic groups
Bolivians other Brazilian, Hispanic and Hispanophone people

Bolivians in Brazil are individuals of full, partial, or predominantly Bolivian ancestry, or a Bolivian-born person residing in Brazil. The governments of Bolivia and Brazil have begun to develop an agreement to regularize the situation of several thousand undocumented Bolivian immigrants in Brazil. ^[2] According to estimates by the Ministry's of Latin American immigrants and the National Association of Immigrants from Brazil more than 200,000 Bolivians are working illegally in São Paulo.^[3][4]

Bolivians living in Brazil are the fifth largest immigrant group, behind only of the Americans, Japanese, Paraguayans, and the Portuguese.^[5][6]

Notable Bolivian Brazilians

• German Efromovich
• Edivaldo Hermoza
• Marcelo Moreno
• Miguel Krigsner

References

1. Estatísticas gerais: imigrantes e descendentes
2. El Reloj.(Spanish)
3. Bolivianos são o grupo mais atingido pela tuberculose em São Paulo.Agência Brasil. (Portuguese)
4. Mas de 200.00 Bolivianos trabajan en Sao Paulo (Spanish).
5. http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/numero-de-imigrantes-no-brasil-cresceu-63-em-10-anos-diz-ibge,235873f2ef6da310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html
6. http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2012/04/27/numero-de-imigrantes-morando-no-brasil-quase-dobra-em-dez-anos-sp-e-pr-sao-os-principais-destinos.htm