British Latin American

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British Latin Americans (Spanish: latinoamericano británico; Portuguese: Latino-americano britânico ) are Latin Americans of British ancestry.

British immigration to Latin America occurred mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries and went primarily to Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

Most of the English Argentine population consists of Anglo-Argentines in the Buenos Aires area. In the mid-1980s English Argentines were estimated at 100,000. Famous Argentines of significant or full English ancestry include Jorge Luis Borges and Olivia Hussey, the latter famous for playing Juliet in the movie Romeo and Juliet. Carlos Pellegrini, who was President of Argentina (1890–92), was of English ancestry through his mother and Franco-Italian through his father.

The country has had a Welsh community in the Patagonia since their arrival from Liverpool in 1865. Its creation was an effort by nonconformists to build a "little Wales" away from English speakers. Welsh Argentines currently number around 50,000 - 72,685.

A Scottish Argentine population has existed for 180 years. The Scottish diaspora in Argentina is estimated in 100,000. The first Argentine woman to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree was Cecilia Grierson, of Scottish ancestry.

There are about 300,000 people of British descent in Argentina.

The Gracie family, famous for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, was founded by George Gracie, a 19th-century Scottish immigrant.

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