Although the first Portuguese-speaking immigrants in Mexico were the Portuguese, Brazilians today are the largest Portuguese-speaking community living in the country, numbering around 45,000 individuals.
There has been a Brazilian presence in Mexico since at least 1895, when the National Census counted 91 residents.
[2] As a result of the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, around one hundred individuals were admitted into Mexico as political refugees.
[4] With more than fourteen thousand works, the center houses the largest collection of Brazilian books in Mexico.
[4] The collection grew through the donations from the Brazilian community, the Brazilian Embassy and publishers that have participated in the Guadalajara International Book Fair.