Portuguese Uruguayan

A Portuguese Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen of full or partial Portuguese ancestry.

The Portuguese arrived in Uruguay around the time of the Spanish colonial period. Many of them were sailors, conquistadors, clergy, and members of the military. Later Portuguese arrivals included pirates in conflict with Spanish leadership; Colonia del Sacramento, which eventually turned into a regional center of smuggling, is a notable example of those ages.

Another source of Portuguese immigration into Uruguay were Brazilians of Portuguese descent, who crossed the border into the country ever since it became independent.

During the second half of the 19th century and part of the 20th, several additional Portuguese immigrants arrived; the last wave was during 1930–1965. The most recent figure is from the 2011 Uruguayan census, which revealed 367 people who declared Portugal as their country of birth.

Notable people

past

• Enrique Almada (1934-1990), comedian and actor
• Enrique Amorim (1900–1960), writer
• Fernando O. Assunção (1931–2006), ethnologist and folklorist
• Wilson Ferreira Aldunate (1919–1988), politician
• Manuel Flores Mora (1923–1984), politician and journalist
• Eudoro Melo (1889–1975), poet
• Alceu Ribeiro (1919-2013), painter
• Aparicio Saravia (1856–1904), political leader
• Villanueva Saravia (1964–1998), mayor of Cerro Largo
• Olhinto María Simoes (1901–1966), poet and journalist
• Amílcar Vasconcellos (1915–1999), lawyer and politician
• Carlos Vaz Ferreira (1872–1958), philosopher
• María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), poetess

present

• José Amorín (born 1954 in Montevideo), politician
• Adrián Caetano (born 1969 in Montevideo), film director
• Maika Ceres (born 1986 in Montevideo), soprano
• Mónica Farro (born 1976 in Montevideo), vedette
• Beatriz Flores Silva (born 1956 in Montevideo), film director
• Manuel Flores Silva (born 1950 in Montevideo), politician and journalist
• José Luis Pintos Saldanha (born 1964 in Artigas), footballer
• Mario Regueiro (born 1978 in Montevideo), footballer
• Diana Saravia Olmos, notary and politician
• Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Portugal), newsanchor and journalist

See also

• Portugal–Uruguay relations
• Brazilian immigration to Uruguay