ocr: Most Uruguayans are second or third generation European, mostly ofs Spanish or Italian descent. There are - also some "mestizos" and a small minority of people descended from Africans or immigrants from Brazil, who live in or around the capital of Montevideo or near the Brazilian border. All indigenous Amerindian groups became integrated in the "mestizo"population by the mid-19th century. The population's unusual degree ofhomogeneity - and the fact that it is small compared to the amount ofland- -means that ethnic tensions are few. The birth-rate is low for Latin America. The considerable pros ...
