re: #293 HappyWarrior

Yeah I think a lot of people not familiar with the community assume it’s either people descended from Spainards, indingeous people, or African slaves in the Hispanic world but there’s so much more than that. In fact, the current Pope’s parents were from Italy and I remember reading that Argentina was a huge destination for people from the former Yugoslav republics, one of which is where my grandfather’s parents were from. It’s a fascinating place. My favorite Peruvian dish in fact was influenced by Chinese immigrants to Peru- Lomo Saltado.

The oldest Chinatown in the western hemisphere is in Havana. The Spanish weren’t above using Asian indentured servants either.

As for Argentina, they’ve got a rather interesting history of immigration. There are towns in Argentina where the dominant language is German (insert Martin Borrman joke here)