English people in Paraguay

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "English people in Paraguay" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Ethnic group

English people in Paraguay
Anglo-paraguayosTotal population

N/A
Regions with significant populations
Asunción, Itapúa, Paraguarí, Boquerón Department, Alto Paraguay.[citation needed]
Languages
Paraguayan Spanish. Minority speaks English and Paraguayan Guaraní as first language.[citation needed]
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (Episcopalianism, Methodism, Presbyterianism et al.)[citation needed]
Related ethnic groups
English, Anglo-Argentine, English Chilean, English diaspora, English Americans
Part of a series of articles on

British Latin Americans
Groups

* British Argentines
* British Chileans
* British Mexicans
* British Nicaraguans
* British Paraguayans
* British Peruvians
* British Uruguayans

Languages

* Spanish
* Portuguese
* British English

* v
* t
* e

Part of a series on

English people
Culture
Music
Language
Cuisine
Dance
Religion
People
Diaspora

* United States
* Canada
* Australia
* Argentina
* Chile
* Paraguay
* Nicaragua
* New Zealand

* v
* t
* e

The English people in Paraguay mostly arrived during the colonial period as investors and industrialists.[1] They were noted throughout the Southern cone region of Paraguay as being skilled farmers, investors, and bankers and as having created many of the regions railways and settled vast tracts of land. Especially in the region of Sapucái, Paraguarí Department, where it was the first place in Paraguay to have electricity and railways.[2][3]

In the modern day however it is assumed most have become a part of the wider Paraguayan ethnicity, although there are still some in Paraguay who identify as "English".[4]

The English indirectly and probably inadvertently played a major part in Paraguay's continual existence, because the British Empire had invested heavily throughout South America, including Paraguay.[citation needed]

The English had investments in the country through the British Empire, which they did not want to see affected by the disastrous Paraguayan War. Following the war, many politicians in Argentina proposed splitting the country between two of the victors, Brazil and Argentina. This would have seen Paraguay cease to exist as an independent state.[citation needed]

The English investors and the British Empire did not want to see their investments lost, and Brazil wanted to keep Paraguay as a sort of buffer state between it and Argentina, both of which had serious rivalries in the region. For those reasons, Paraguay was left in existence.[citation needed]

Today the English influence in Paraguay is not so far-reaching as it once was,[4] and the English population in the country is a small minority, with many of the former English people of Paraguay becoming absorbed into the local population.[5] Paraguay ranks relatively well at the EF English Proficiency Index (Top 50).[citation needed]

## See also

[edit]

* Immigration to Paraguay

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Pla, Josefina; MacDermot, Brian Charles (1976). The British in Paraguay 1850-1870. Richmond Pub. Co. ISBN 0855461969.
2. ^ ""Villa de los ingleses", un pedazo de la historia que se resiste a morir - ABC Noticias - ABC Color".
3. ^ "Railway Complex and English Village of Sapucai".
4. ^ a b "The Expat Community for Brits in Paraguay - Find Jobs & Events".
5. ^ "Brits Abroad". BBC. Retrieved 2011-12-03.

* v
* t
* e

British diaspora

* Cornish diaspora
* English diaspora
* Scottish diaspora
* Welsh diaspora

Africa|

* South Africa
* Zimbabwe
* Kenya

Asia|

| East Asia|

* China
* Hong Kong
* Japan

|

South Asia|

* Bangladesh
* India
* English
* Scottish
* Pakistan
* Sri Lanka
* Burgher

Southeast Asia|

* Myanmar
* Thailand

Middle East|

* Cyprus
* United Arab Emirates
* Turkey

Europe|

* France
* Germany
* English
* Scottish
* Italy
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden [sv]
* Russia
* English
* Scottish
* Irish
* Turkey

North America|

* Canada
* Anglo-Indian
* Anglo-Métis
* Cornish
* English
* Scotch-Irish
* Scottish
* Quebec
* Welsh
* Jamaica
* Scottish
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* English
* United States
* Cornish
* English
* Manx
* Scottish
* Scotch-Irish
* Welsh

South America|

* Argentina
* English
* Scottish
* Welsh
* Brazil
* English
* Scottish
* Chile
* English
* Scottish
* Welsh
* Paraguay
* English
* Peru
* Uruguay

Oceania|

* Australia
* Cornish
* English
* Scottish
* Welsh
* New Zealand
* English
* Scottish
* Welsh

* v
* t
* e

Immigration to Paraguay

Americas|

* Americans
* Brazilians
* Mexicans
* Uruguayans
* Venezuelans

Asia|

* Arabs
* Lebanese
* Syrians
* Japanese
* Koreans

Europe|

* English
* Germans
* Mennonites
* Italians
* Poles
* Ukrainians

Elsewhere|

* Africans
* Australians
* Jews

This Paraguay-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article related to an ethnic group in South America is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template