IS THIS WEBSITE (LATIN ARABIA) FOR SALE?

IS THIS WEBSITE (LATIN ARABIA) FOR SALE?

I have an unusual request to ask all of you who come to this site. This will cost you nothing.

I AM CONSIDERING TURNING THIS WEBSITE OVER TO A UNIVERSITY OR INSTITUTION (for free).

Contact me. (Click Here)

I have edited and run this website, https://latinarabia.com, where I have discussed the history of Arab communities in Latin America for over twelve years. I get approximately 1000 plus visitors, 2000 plus views a week.

This website has become an authoritative source, even quoted in major newspapers (see below).

Source: Arabs In The Andes? Chile, The Unlikely Long-Term Home Of A Large Palestinian Community
The International Business Times
By Palash Ghosh
October 10, 2013

… the webmaster of LatinArabia.com, a website that chronicles the history of Arabs in Latin America, told International Business Times that at one point, 60 percent of all textiles manufactured in Chile were controlled by Palestinian-Chileans. …

When I started this website, the amount of information concerning Arabs in Latin America was pitifully small and limited in scope.

To correct this, I set about compiling a lot of data and information. At that time, this website was a trailblazer.

In due time, however, a lot of outside articles about Arabs in Latin America started to crop up on the internet – I suspect some of these outside stores were inspired by this website.

This website has covered Arabs in Latin America – and mentioned their histories, stories, and their views on the Mideast. However I studiously tried to avoid any bigotry. My chief goal was merely to provide reliable information of academic quality.

I also mentioned the concerns of Jewish communities in Latin America.

Many Jews in Latin America were/are concerned about antisemitism arising out of the Mideast conflict. Chile has come under the microscope, because of it large and influential Palestinian community, which supports Palestine and which distorts Chilean foreign policy.

Oddly, Argentina’s present government is very pro-Israel, and I have pointed that out as well.

This website was NEVER anti-Zionist. I merely discussed the Arabs in Latin America, and their attitudes towards the Mideast, occasionally mentioning Jewish concerns.

But I am getting older. This theme is not the friendliest, and could use a makeover. A lot of the internal links are done by hand. Moreover, I had to modify the css on the theme. In plain terms, this site could use a makeover.

I might consider turning this website over to a college (for free). There are over twelve years of work on it, and I have been told that some of this website’s work is of academic quality – by a lady who was going for her PhD. I have lots of demographics and history on the site.

However, given today’s hostile college atmosphere, I am afraid that it might go to some woke anti-Zionist history department.

Do you know of any Jewish or Christian university (or institution) in the USA – must be American – whom I could trust with this site?

I am considering turning it over to them for free. The domain latinarabia.com is worth something alone.

All I ask is that the college (or institution) be American, and that this website not go to hostile use. In other words, I do not want it going to an anti-Israel history department to be used for antisemitism.

This site was merely about history and academic concerns.

The college or group could be Jewish or Christian, but can not be hostile to Israel.

Do you know of any colleges which be interested.’

Thanks

Contact me. (Click Here)
You must be affiliated with a university or institution, and you must be willing to prove it.

THANKS

Webmaster: Latin Arabia.

The Other Latin American Ethnic Groups You Never Knew

The Other Latin American Ethnic Groups You Never Knew

We Americans, sadly tend to think of Latin America as a monolithic culture. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The impression that I got in school – even in Spanish class, where I did NOT do so well – was that the countries primarily consisted of a European Spanish or Portuguese elite with a large mestizo class (Spanish + Indian blend). It was/is not that simple.

First, the word mestizo means mixed, and does NOT necessarily contain the derogatory wallop that a term like mulatto used to carry, and might carry still, in the USA. But then there is a subcategory called castizo which means only one-quarter Indian and three quarters European Spanish. That term, castizo, has fallen out of use.

But the racial lines in Latin America are not so clearly delineated. A person who is one-quarter Indian would usually be considered White.

Okay, that part you may have known.

BUT DID YOU KNOW THIS?

The largest ethnic group in Argentina is Italian, not Spanish. And half of those Italians are Northern Italians, not the Mediterranean complected Sicilians. Indeed, though Argentina speaks Spanish, the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area speaks Spanish. but with an Italian accent, and they often say Ciao instead of Adios.


Posted on YouTube: November 3, 2017

Indeed, in the early 20th century, so many Italians were leaving Italy for South America that Italy had to make emigration illegal. About 60% of Argentines have some degree of Italian ancestry, albeit not necessarily pure. Chile is roughly 3.5% Italian, but Uruguay is about 44% Italian in whole or part, while Brazil is about 15% Italian in whole or part.

And then there are the Germans. Somewhere between 6-10% of Argentines are German. The problem is that Germanic immigration started to Argentina before Germany was unified in 1871; and so were not properly registered as German. If you add in the German speaking Swiss, Austrians, and ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe, the number could go much higher.

Chile is about 2-1/2% German, with small Uruguay slightly over 1%; and Brazil comes in at 2.5%.

Of course, many are intermarried with other ethnicities now.

So NO, the German-Argentines are NOT all descended from those who fled to Argentina after WW 2. There had been a considerable amount of Germans in Argentina before the war, many of them had been there for generations; and some of the then newer German-Argentines had even fled Hitler in the 1930s. Those Nazis who fled after WW 2 were a relatively small group compared to the German-Argentine population and they only fled so they could hide.


Posted on YouTube: March 7, 2016

South Brazil is heavily German and Italian.

Further complicating the matter is that many of the Spanish immigrants to South America were not Spanish, but rather Basque and Galicians, who technically are not ethnic Spaniards, but come from the Whiter regions of Northern Spain.

Okay, you say, so Argentina is relatively White. Well, the same is true of some other Latin Countries. Costa Rica is heavily European White; with two-thirds identifying as White.

Chile has a considerable British population (about 3.5%).

To further add confusion to the mix, a large amount of South America’s founding fathers were from the British Isles.

Bernardo O’Higgins – half Irish, founding father of Chile.
Admiral Cochrane – Scottish, father of Chilean Navy
Admiral Willian Brown – Irish, founder of Argentine Navy

And not just these. A lot of mercenaries from Britan and Ireland fought in South America’s patriot armies.


Posted on YouTube: April 7, 2009
Today, between 1% to 2%, over a half million, of Argentines are Irish in whole or part.

Uruguay has over 10% French ancestry in whole or part, while Chile is roughly 4% French in ancestry, with Argentina having a whopping 17% French ancestry in whole or part.

Ukrainians, in whole or part, are roughly 3.5% of Argentina’s population.

The Croatians settled large parts of Chile and Argentina.


Posted on YouTube: December 15, 2017

The current president of Argentina, Javier Milei, is of Croatian and Italian ancestry. A former president of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, was of Croatian and Swiss-German ancestry.

Okay, you say, but one does NOT normally see this in Mexico.

Well, most of Mexico and most of Central America is mestizo to be sure. But that is not true of all of Latin America. And even Mexico has some Germans and Arabs.

However, as so common in demographics, Wikipedia (2025) lists more Lebanese-Mexicans than Arab-Mexicans, which is ridiculous. This is a nightmare for historians and demographers, often caused by Lebanese Maronite Christians who refuse to consider themselves Arabs.

Large sections of South America, the southern tip (called the Southern Cone of South America) – Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and South Brazil – are very White, albeit with a looser definition of white. Being one half Indian may not necessarily disqualify a person. Then general rule is: if you are more than half white, you can be considered white. However, I have known a green-eyed Chilean who was majority White in ancestry, and called herself mestiza. South America does have a racial divide, but it is not so sharp as it was historically in the United States.

It could be argued that Argentina is whiter than the USA, except that American Whites are more Northern European in ancestry and usually pure White. Argentina does have Northern European Whites, but most Argentines are Mediterranean in ancestry, and half of Argentine Whites have some degree (small or large) of non-White (usually Indian) ancestry.

BTW: Some Latin Americans often prefer the term indigenes (Indigenous) to Indian, as they sometimes treat the term indio (Indian) as derogatory.

Brazil is about 1% Japanese, with a smaller concentration in Argentina.

Essentially, ethnically, Argentina is similar to the United States, only with the proportions of each ethnic group varying.

Religiously, another difference between the USA and Latin America used to be religion, with the USA being majority Protestant and Latin America being majority Catholic.

Forget that, now! Evangelical Christianity has made massive inroads into Latin America, with Brazil about one-third Evangelical and growing. In some Central American countries, Evangelicals are approaching or now outnumber Catholics in percentages.

As for Jews, America has more Jews by percentage than Latin America, but Argentina still has a massive number of Jews, and has the seventh largest community of Jews in the world. At one time, the percentage of Jews in Argentina rivalled that of the USA.

The Jews have had a massive effect on the Argentine nation to this day.


Posted on YouTube: July 10, 2024

Jews made an important contribution to the development of tango.

Unfortunately – and beyond the scope of this post – anti-Black discrimination is still strong in sections of Latin America, particularly Argentina.

So, if you thought that so many Arabs going to Latin America was that unbelievable, think again. Latin America is more of a melting pot than you probably realized.

Ecuador and the UAE Begin Talks on Commercial Accord

Ecuador and the UAE Begin Talks on Commercial Accord

Source: Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates will begin negotiations for a trade agreement
La Hora
February 28, 2024
Translated by app

The Government of the United Arab Emirates would be interested in investing in logistics services and the creation of a regional distribution hub in Ecuador.

This February 28, 2024, the Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries, Sonsoles García , spoke with Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Commerce of the United Arab Emirates , about the potential of the commercial relationship between both countries.

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As noted many times in the past, the Arabs and the Latin American nations do a lot of business together. And they are interested in economic alliances.

As for Ecuador, at the time of this post, Wikipedia reports that Ecuador has only about 2,000 Muslims out of a country of over 16 million – or roughly only 1 out of 9,000 people.

The (Christian) Lebanese demographic is about 100,000 though, about 50 times the number of Muslims. Again, as noted, that vast majority of Arabs in Latin America are Christian. The Lebanese came to Ecuador fleeing the tyranny of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire.

Yet, amazingly, Ecuador has had three presidents with Arab ancestry.

What we see is that the Arabs tend to be elites in South America.

Yes, I know that – at the time of this writing – Ecuador is having a national crisis over gangs, but that does not change the fact that Arabs have done well in Ecuador.

More Iranian Pro-Palestinian Propaganda from Chile

More Iranian Pro-Palestinian Propaganda from Chile

As noted throughout this website, Iran and Venezuela try to propagandize Latin America through HispanTV.

They are presently doing a series with Daniel Jadue, a well known leftist mayor in Chile of Palestinian descent. Jadue did not win the election, but he remains powerful in Chile, … and he is very anti-Israel, and has been criticized for bordering on being anti-semitic.


TITLE: WINDOW ON PALESTINE
Gaza – Are We Before a New Nakba?
Posted on YouTube: Januarly 15, 2024
(It has the option to be translated)

HispanTV has been blocked from some countries, because of its propaganada, but it still floods South America.

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