Croatian Brazilians

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Croatian Brazilians
Croato-brasileiros
Catholic), and others
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Other Brazilians, Croats

Croatian Brazilians (Croato-brasileiro, Croata brasileiro) are Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Croat descent, or Croat-born people residing in Brazil.

It is estimated that 45,000 ethnic Croats live in Brazil.[2] The training and work qualifications of Croat emigrants in the inter-war period remained more or less unchanged from what it had been in the earlier period; most emigrants were unskilled farmers and the number of craftsmen who emigrated increased by only a small amount.

However, in the countries of South America which became very important emigration targets in the post-World War I period agricultural workers or other labourers were still in demand, and in those destinations the bulk of emigrants took up employment in agriculture (Argentina and Brazil) or in the mines (Chile and Bolivia).[3]

History

From as far back as the 1830s the first wave of mass

Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy, which was particularly unfavorable to Dalmatian viticulture. The Wine Clause allowed the import of cheap Italian wines under very favorable conditions. The Dalmatian wine industry was heavily affected by this resolution by the Viennese authorities, which reduced its market in Croatia itself. The agreement lasted decades and was not revised for some time.[citation needed
]

Political conditions as the main motive of emigration was the result of

. The most recent research conducted can’t conclusively reveal how many Croatians have left their country and how many currently live abroad.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Croatas no Brasil preparam-se para confronto desta terça" [Croatians in Brazil prepare to clash this Tuesday] (in Portuguese). br.esportes.yahoo.com. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2007.
  2. ^ Gavranich Camargo, Katia (May 2017). "Na terra dos dálmatas: um mapeamento afetivo dos bairros do Belenzinho e da Mooca" (PDF). Revista do Centro de Pesquisa e Formação.
  3. S2CID 45842030. Archived from the original
    on 16 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Sobre |". Comunidade Croata no Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.