Nationalization Campaign
The so-called nationalization campaign ( pt, Campanha de nacionalização), was the set of measures taken by the Brazilian government during the Estado Novo (Brazil), Estado Novo of Getúlio Vargas to reduce the influence of foreign immigrant communities in the country and force their integration with the Brazilian population. Some immigrant groups were considered more apt to be integrated; others were considered incapable due to factors such as their native language, their religion and their profession. Background Since the 19th century, groups of immigrants began to arrive in Brazil encouraged by the Empire of Brazil, imperial State. The first attempts to establish immigrant colonies took place in Bahia (1818) and Rio de Janeiro (1819), but were not successful. As early as 1824, the imperial government founded the first German colony in São Leopoldo. The immigration policy undertaken in this period foresaw the occupation of land by forming small properties. Until the end o ...
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