We are used to seeing Latin America as a single homogeneous region. We see the continent as one of a single dominant ethnic majority (Hispanic/Latino), a region where Roman Catholicism dominates and where Iberian culture prevails. However recent reports show that South America, in particular Brazil, is becoming increasingly multicultural through mass immigration and the changing economy.

The reason for this is the fact that South America is seen as one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Leading this South American development is a nation that dominates the country; Brazil. This giant in Latin America has grown rapidly in the last decade and has become one of the rising economic powers of the world, leading to membership in the G20 and critically the BRICS nations. It is the membership to the BRICS that has made Brazil a target for economic migrants. The BBC reported on the Senegalese individuals who saw Brazil…