Posted on YouTube: around 2020
Syrians have been moving to Brazil since the 19th century — often due to Muslim persecutions.
The are roughly 3-4 million in Brazil.
Posted on YouTube: around 2020
Syrians have been moving to Brazil since the 19th century — often due to Muslim persecutions.
The are roughly 3-4 million in Brazil.
Posted on YouTube: 2022
There are more Lebanese in Brazil than Lebanon.
The video (above) lists the reasons for the massive immigration to Lebanon as economic and political instability.
What the video does not explain is that the instability was caused by the ongoing Islamic attempts at genocides of the Christians — which have been periodically happening for centuries in Lebanon and Syria.
Hence the vast majority of these Arab immigrants were Christians fleeing Muslim persecution which, at times, rose to genocidal levels.
However, the video (above) does get correct how massive and influential the Lebanese are in Brazil.
The video estimates 12 million Lebanese in Brazil, which is roughly in accord with my own estimates. However, I estimated 12-15 million for all Arabs, while this video estimates 12 million for the Lebanese alone in Brazil.
Add in the Syrian-Lebanese and you can see how massive the Arabs are in Brazil … and they are prosperous.
My estimates of Arabs in Brazil might even be low.
Again, almost all the Lebanese in Brazil are Christians.
Posted on YouTube: 2023
This is from an Israeli channel, but the facts are there.
The upshot of this is that Lebanese Christians in Latin America usually do not subscribe to the raw hatred of Israel which is more common among Palestinian-Christian-Chileans (or Hondurans).
The Lebanese-Christian-Brazilians remember the brutality of the Muslims. Their views on Israel vary from friendly to not thrilled, but they have no illusions about Islam.
Hence, wherever the Lebanese Arabs predominate among Arab-Latins — and they predominate in many Latin countries – they then to moderate the discussion.
El Cid! Hero of Spain, against the Islamic Moors.
The central drama of Spanish and Portuguese history is the Reconquista. The liberation of Spain and Portugal from Muslim tyranny. In the case of Spain, it took 781 years (from 711 to 1492AD).
One would think that such a long struggle would inoculate Latin culture against any sympathies for an Arab cause. And, in the general population, with Spanish and Portuguese ancestry, that might be the case.
However, Arabs have risen to places of prominence in Latin America. And while Jews are nowhere near as prominent as they are in the United States, they still have clout (especially in Argentina).
Much like the United States, Latin America was a land of immigrants. However, unlike the United States, Latin America tended to get more Spanish, Italian, French, and Arab immigrants by percentages than the United States. Latin America veered towards South European and Mediterranean stocks. Hence, it remained heavily Catholic.
The one exception were large amounts of Germans, who – contrary to popular misperceptions – the majority of whom were NOT nazis. Outlier groups like occasional Irish and/or British went to Latin America.
Only recently, historically, have Protestants/Evangelicals made themselves felt in Latin America, chiefly in Brazil and Chile.
But Latin America was culturally homogenous for much of that time.
However, very prosperous Arabs and Jewish groups(though small) are swaying the discussion.
All of this is coming into play during this Gaza War.
Posted on YouTube: October 20, 2023
This protest took place three days ago on Friday, in front of the Israeli Embassy in Santiago.
It had to be tough duty that day in the Israeli embassy.
The crowd is chanting that “this is not a war, it’s a genocide.”
Note: At the time of this writing, something like 99% of the Palestinians in Chile are Christian, not Muslim, so the lady with the hijab is NOT typical.
Since the Palestinian cause – especially that of Hamas – is associated with Islam, one might find it odd that the Christian Chilestinos identify some much with the anti-Zionist cause of Palestine. But, apparently, in the case of Chilestinos, ancestry trumps religion.
The YouTube video (above) has an auto-translation option.
Below we have a tweet showing the Chilean protest, but notice that the tweet shows a PRESSTV video. PRESSTV is Iranian propaganda.
Activists protested outside the Israeli embassy in Santiago, Chile, in support of Palestinians in Gaza.#Pakistan #India #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #TelAviv #Israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #Palestinian #Palestine #GazaCity #Hamas pic.twitter.com/WQeCRJg1zO
— Raja Furqan Ahmed (@furqanraja1122) October 20, 2023
Also note, most Chilestinos are of mixed ancestry, not pure Palestinian.