Asian Latin American
Ana Gabriel • Franklin Chang-Diaz Juliana Imai • Alberto Fujimori
Total population
4,402,826
Regions with significant populations
Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico
Languages
Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Hmong, Tagalog, Vietnamese, others
Religions
Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Shintoism

An Asian Latin American is a Latin American of Asian descent. Ana Gabriel (born on December 10, 1955 as María Guadalupe Araújo Yong in Santiago de Comanito Sinaloa) is a Mexican singer Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz ( born 5 April 1950) is a Costa Rican American physicist and former NASA Astronaut Juliana Imai (born February 27, 1985 in Cruzeiro do Oeste Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian model. Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (Japanese name) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28 1938 is a Peruvian and Japanese ref> Fujimori secures Japanese haven |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Hmong ( RPA: Hmoob) or Mong ( RPA: Moob) is the common name for a group of dialects of the West Hmongic (Chuanqiandian branch Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. is the native religion of Japan and was once its State religion. Asian or Asiatic is a Demonym for people from Asia. However the use of the term varies by country and person often referring to people from a particular

Asian Latin Americans have a centuries-long history in the region, starting with Filipinos in the 16th century. Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. The heyday of Asian immigration occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries, however.

There are currently more than four million Asian Latin Americans, nearly 1% of Latin America's population. Chinese and Japanese are the group's largest ancestries, of which the next includes Koreans, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Indians, and Hmong. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan The Korean people are an East Asian Ethnic group. Most Koreans speak the Korean language. Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. The Vietnamese people (người Việt or vi ''người Kinh'' are an Ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. A non-resident Indian (NRI is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country a person of Indian origin who is born outside India or a person of The terms Hmong (m̥ɔ̃ŋ and Mong ( both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southern China.

Brazil is home to the largest population of Asian Latin Americans, at some 2. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld 3 million. The highest percentage of any country in the region is 3%, in Peru. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America.

Politics, music, anthropology, sport, humour, business: these are but some of the areas in which Asian Latin Americans have contributed to their countries and the world. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke Laughter and provide Amusement A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to

There has been emigration from these communities in recent decades, so that there are now hundreds of thousands of people of Asian Latin American origin in both Japan and the United States. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Contents 1 History 2 Geographic distribution 2.1 Emigrant communities 2.1.1 Japan 2.1.2 Asian Latinos 3 Composition 4 Notable persons 5 See also 5.1 Ethnic groups 6 External links 7 References

History

The first Asian Latin Americans were Filipinos who made their way to Latin America (particularly Mexico) in the 16th century, as sailors, crews, slaves, prisoners, adventurers and soldiers during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Spanish East Indies The story of the Philippines from 1521 to 1898 is an exciting epic of how a handful of Christian missionaries Spanish conquistadores For two and a half centuries (between 1565 and 1815) many Filipinos sailed on the Manila-Acapulco Galleons, assisting in the Spanish Empire's monopoly in trade. The Manila galleons or Manila-Acapulco galleons ( Galeones de Manila-Acapulco) were Spanish trading Ships that sailed once or twice The Spanish Empire (Imperio Español was one of the largest Empires in history and one of the first Global empires In the 15th and 16th centuries Some of these sailors never returned to the Philippines, and many of their descendants can be found in small communities around Baja California, Sonora, Michoacán, Guerrero, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Veracruz and the Yucatan Peninsula. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Baja California (pronounced ˈbɑːhɑː kælɨˈfɔrnjə in English is the northernmost state of Mexico. Sonora is one of the 31 federal states of Mexico and is located in the northwest of the country Michoacán formally Michoacán de Ocampo (from Nahuatl Michhuacān "place of the fishermen" is one of the 31 constituent states The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico. Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán Guadalajara (ˌgwɑːdləˈhɑːrə Spanish pronunciation) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. The Yucatán Peninsula, in Southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico.

Most Asians, however, arrived in the 19th and 20th century as contract workers or coolies, others as economic refugees (especially from China and Japan), or as political or war refugees (victims of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution in 1966 China). Coolie (variously spelled Cooly Kuli Quli Koelie etcis A historical term for manual labourers from Asia particularly China and India, in the 19th According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China that manifested into

Today, the overwhelming majority of Asian Latin Americans are of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean descent, yet with Vietnamese the most significant group thereafter. The Japanese diaspora, and its individual members known as, are Japanese emigrants from Japan and their descendants to other parts of the world The Korean people are an East Asian Ethnic group. Most Koreans speak the Korean language. The Vietnamese people (người Việt or vi ''người Kinh'' are an Ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. While Vietnamese Latin Americans are almost entirely confined to Cuba, other Asian groups are represented throughout Latin America.

Geographic distribution

Four and a half million Latin Americans (almost 1% of the total population of Latin America) are of Asian descent. The number may be millions higher, even more so if all who have partial ancestry are included. For example, Asian Peruvians are estimated at 3% of the population there, but one source places the number of all Peruvians with at least some Chinese ancestry at 4. 2 million, which equates to 15% of the country's total population. ^[1]

Most who are of Japanese descent reside in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, while significant populations of Chinese ancestry are found in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, and Costa Rica (where they make up about 1% of the total population). |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in Nicaragua is home to 12,000 ethnic Chinese; the majority reside in Managua and on the Caribbean coast. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Managua is the Capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Smaller communities of Chinese, numbering just in the hundreds or thousands, are also found in Colombia, Ecuador and various other Latin American countries. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. There is also a significant Filipino and Taiwanese community in El Salvador. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Taiwanese people ( may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed Cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or the lands and territories which have El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. The largest Korean communities are in Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico and Argentina. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. There are around 50,000 living in Guatemala. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest There is also a Hmong community in Argentina. The terms Hmong (m̥ɔ̃ŋ and Mong ( both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southern China. Panama and Venezuela have small Asian Indian communities. The Demographics of India are overall remarkably diverse India's population of approximately 1

In Peru, Asians (primarily ethnic Japanese and Chinese) constitute 3% of the population by some estimates, the largest as a percentage of any Latin American country. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan Japanese Peruvians have a considerable economic position in Peru. ^[2] Many past and present Peruvian Cabinet members are ethnic Asians and former president Alberto Fujimori is of Japanese ancestry. Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (Japanese name) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28 1938 is a Peruvian and Japanese ref> Fujimori secures Japanese haven

Brazil is home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, numbering about 1. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Japanese diaspora, and its individual members known as, are Japanese emigrants from Japan and their descendants to other parts of the world For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. 5 million. ^[3]

Emigrant communities

Japan

Japanese Brazilian immigrants to Japan numbered 250,000 in 2004, constituting Japan's second-largest immigrant population. ^[4] Their experiences bear similarities to those of Japanese Peruvian immigrants, who are often relegated to low income jobs typically occupied by foreigners and, as with other immigrants, are vulnerable to the Yakuza. History Origins Despite their notoriety in modern Japan the precise origin of the Yakuza is still somewhat the subject of debate ^[2]

Asian Latinos

Most Asian Latin Americans who have migrated to the United States and Canada live in the largest cities, often in Asian American, Asian Canadian, or Hispanic and Latino communities in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Houston, San Diego and Imperial Valley, California, Dallas-Fort Worth and Miami (mainly Chinese Cubans). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian Notable Asian Canadians Ken Adachi, Toronto Star writer Mikey Bustos, singer Canadian Idol finalist of Filipino ancestry Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent, which comprises ancestry or origins in Hispanic America Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal The City of New York Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The Imperial Valley is a region of southeastern California ( USA) located in part between the Colorado River and the Salton Sea, which California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U A Chinese Cuban ( Cantonese Jyutping: Gu2 Baa1 Waa4 jan4 Spanish: chino-cubano) is a Cuban of Chinese Ancestry They and their descendants are sometimes known as Asian Hispanics or Asian Latinos.

In the 2000 US Census, 119,829 Hispanic or Latino Americans identified as being of Asian ancestry alone. The United States is an urbanized nation with 808 percent of its population of 305186613 residing in cities and suburbs as of mid-year 2005 ^[5] In 2006 the Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimated them at 154,694,^[6] while its Population Estimates, which are official, put them at 277,704. The American Community Survey (ACS is a project of the US Census Bureau that replaces the long form in the decennial Census. ^[7]

Some notable Americans of Asian and Hispanic or Latino heritage include Carlos Galvan, Kelis, and Chino Moreno. Carlos Galvan (born February 5 1975) is a hip hop artist who is a member of the Korean hip-hop group Uptown. Kelis Rogers-Jones (née Rogers, born August 21, 1979) better known as Kelis (pronounced kuh-LEECE is a Grammy Award-nominated American Chino Moreno (born Camillo Wong Moreno June 20, 1973) is an American Musician.

Composition

Asian Latin American population (incomplete data)

Nation	Chinese	Indian[8]	Japanese[9][10]	Korean	Filipino	Others
Argentina	60,000	1,600	6,604	35,000[11]
Bolivia	5,900[12]		7,986
Brazil	190,000[13]	1,900	1,500,000[14]	50,000
Chile	11,000[12]	596	880	1,163
Colombia	11,000[12]	20
Costa Rica	7,873[15]	16
Cuba	113,828[16]		616
Dominican Republic	50,000		3,000	800
Ecuador	15,000[12]	5
El Salvador	1,700[17]
Guatemala	2,700[12]	2,000[18]	400	50,000
Honduras	5,200[12]			2,900[12]
Mexico	35,000[19]	400	15,000	20,000[20]	200,000[21]
Nicaragua	12,000[12]
Panama	200,000	2,164	456
Paraguay	10,000[12]		10,321	7,200[12]
Peru	100,000[22]	145	35,685
Puerto Rico		4,500[23]
Uruguay	200[12]		456
Venezuela	400,000[24]	690	828

Notable persons

• Jorge Cham, creator of the popular comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper; Chinese Panamanian
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, former NASA astronaut; Chinese Costa Rican
• Bruce Chen, Major League Baseball pitcher; Chinese Panamanian
• Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru from 1990 to 2000; Japanese Peruvian
• Keiko Fujimori, congresswoman; Japanese Peruvian
• Ana Gabriel, singer and composer; Chinese-Japanese Mexican
• Hiromi Hayakawa, singer; Japanese Mexican
• Myrna Mack, anthropologist; Chinese-Mayan Guatemalan
• Barbara Mori, actress; Japanese Uruguayan
• Pedro Shimose, poet; Japanese Bolivian
• Arlen Siu, martyr of the 1979 Sandinista revolution; Chinese Nicaraguan
• Erasmo Wong, entrepreneur and owner of various retail chains; Chinese Peruvian

See also

Ethnic groups

• Chinese Mexican
• Filipino Mexican
• Korean Mexican
• Indo-Caribbean
• Japanese Brazilian
• Japanese Peruvian
• Filipino Brazilian

External links

• Asian-Latino Intermarriage in The Americas
• The Importance of Being Japanese in Bolivia

References

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