Latin American Immigrants to Argentina

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The Buenos Aires Herald recalled the old quip attributed to Mexican writer Octavio Paz: “Mexicans descended from the Aztecs, Peruvians from the Incans, and Argentines, from the boats.”  Paz sought to illustrate how Argentina is a country largely built by immigrants following the genocide of native populations by the descendants of Spanish colonialists. 

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