Chinatowns in Latin America emerged during the rise of Chinese immigration to Latin America in the 19th century. Many immigrants arrived as contract laborers, often under indentured servitude, to work
Barrio Chino in Buenos Aires
Chinatown Gate in Havana
Entering Barrio Chino on Dolores Street.
On Dolores Street in Barrio Chino.
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Chinese Cubans are Cubans of full or mixed Chinese ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Cuba. They are part of the ethnic Chinese diaspora. The population peaked to around 60,000 in the 195
Chinatowns in Latin America and the Caribbean
…Cubans. Unlike that of Argentina and other Latin American countries, the overseas Chinese population of Cuba was once large, but the now-diminished Chinese Cuban community is today clustered around the largely dying Barrio Chino — called Barrio Chino de La Habana — on Calle Zanja, in Havana. After the Cuban…
Cuchillo street, the heart of Havana's Chinatown
The paifang at the entrance of Havana's Chinatown
Chinese restaurants in Havana's Chinatown