Uruguayan Brazilians Explained

Group:	Uruguayan Brazilian Uruguaio-brasileiro Uruguayo-brasileño
Population:	50,512 Uruguayan citizens^[1]
Popplace:	Brazil Mainly SouthernSoutheastern Brazil
Langs:	SpanishPortuguese
Rels:	Majority of Roman Catholicism some ProtestantismOthers
Related:	Other Brazilian and Uruguayan people Other Hispanic Brazilians such as Argentine, Spanish, Paraguayan and Bolivian Brazilians White Brazilians in general

Uruguayan Brazilian (pt|Uruguaio-brasileiro, Spanish: Uruguayo-brasileño, Rioplatense Spanish: Uruguayo-brasilero) is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Uruguayan ancestry, or a Uruguayan-born person residing in Brazil.

History

Modern estimates put the figure of Uruguayans in Brazil at about 55,000.^[2]

There are many thousands of Uruguayan citizens who also have Brazilian citizenship and vote in elections in both countries.^[3]

Notable people

• César Charlone, cinematographer
• Juan Figer, football agent
• Emílio Garrastazu Médici, President of Brazil, was son of a Uruguayan-born woman
• Giorgian de Arrascaeta, footballer

See also

• Brazil–Uruguay relations
• Emigration from Uruguay
• White Brazilian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estrangeiros por nacionalidade - IBGE 2022 . 2021-07-12 . 2021-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210819004608/https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/ . live .
2. Web site: Where did Uruguayans go?. 13 August 2017. El Observador. es.
3. https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/los-doble-chapa-de-bolsonaro-testimonios-de-uruguayos-que-lo-votaran-20181024142239 "Double plate": Uruguayans with Bolsonaro