Characteristics
The recorded presence of Italians in Uruguay started with the founding of Montevideo. Italians began arriving to Uruguay in great numbers in the 1870s, and this migratory flow continued to the 1960s.
The Italian settlement, along with the Spanish, formed the backbone of today's Uruguayan society. Like its neighbour country Argentina, the culture of Uruguay exhibits significant connections to Italian culture; in terms of language, customs and traditions.
Historians calculate that in the generation of Uruguaians born after 1990 nearly 68% (or 2/3 of the total) has Italian roots.
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