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[[File:Nebel Voyage 16 La Mantilla.jpg|thumb|White Mexican women wearing the ''[[mantilla]]'', painting by [[Carl Nebel]], 1836]]
People of [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] origin began to arrive in the Americas in the 15th century since the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Most early migrants were male, but by the early and mid 16th century, more and more women also began to arrive from Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2012/05/29/inenglish/1338297350_910456.html|title=The women who made America|publisher=El Pais|author=Tereixa Constenla|language=English|date=29 May 2012|accessdate=19 September 2022}}</ref> Czech Brazilians
After the Wars of Independence, the elites of most of the countries of the region concluded that their underdevelopment was caused by their populations being mostly [[Amerindian]], [[Mestizo]] or [[Mulatto]];<ref name=euram>{{cite web |title=L'emigració dels europeus cap a Amèrica |trans-title=The Emigration of Europeans to America |url=http://www.edualter.org/material/vld/amlat13.pdf |website=EduAlter.org |language=ca |access-date=26 March 2018 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108002752/http://www.edualter.org/material/vld/amlat13.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> so a major process of "[[Racial whitening|whitening]]" was required, or at least desirable.<ref name=branqueamento /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Loveman |first1=Mara |title=Whiteness in Latin America: measurement and meaning in national censuses (1850-1950) |journal=Journal de la société des américanistes |date=5 December 2009 |volume=95 |issue=95–2 |pages=207–234 |doi=10.4000/jsa.11085 |s2cid=161642153 |url=http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/pdf/11085 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Most Latin American countries then implemented [[blanqueamiento]] policies to promote European immigration, and some were quite successful, especially Argentina, [[Uruguay]], and Brazil. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the number of European immigrants who arrived far surpassed the number of original colonists. Between 1821 and 1932, of a total 15 million immigrants who arrived in Latin America,<ref name=britsa>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-41807/South-America South America: Postindependence overseas immigrants]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Retrieved 26-11-2007</ref> Argentina received 6.4 million, and Brazil 5.5 million.<ref name=WhitakerArgentina />
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