Portuguese Mexicans

Portuguese Mexican
luso-mexicano

Brazilian Mexicans

The

, home to many restaurants and bars popular with people of Portuguese origin.

History

The first Portuguese to arrive in New Spain was Sebastián Rodríguez de Oliveira, a companion of

Portuguese immigrants had no difficulty adapting into New Spanish society because they were Catholics and accountable to the Spanish Crown for taxation. During the Mexican War of Independence, Mexicans did not distinguish between Spanish and Portuguese colonists who were on the side of the Spanish Crown, many of whom were killed or expelled. Only those who wanted to remain loyal to The Spanish Crown were expelled or returned to the Iberian Peninsula, while others stayed and integrated into Mexican society remained and lost touch with the Old World.

Portuguese immigrants were granted preferential naturalization times (requiring two years of residence instead of five) in 1993.^[3] The preferential naturalization time was granted due to historical and cultural connections and was previously given to Latin Americans (1917) and Spaniards (1939).

According to the 2000 Censo General de Población y Vivienda, there were 311 Portuguese-born residents of Mexico.^[4]

See also

• Mexico–Portugal relations
• Judaism in Mexico#Colonial period
• Peninsulares
• Spanish Mexican
• Geographic distribution of Portuguese
• Portuguese diaspora

References

External links

• Presencia portuguesa en México colonial