南美洲的土著居民是印第安人,大多聚居在安第斯山脉和阿马逊河一带等落后地区,但南部国家如智利、阿根廷和乌拉圭,则是西班牙白种移民后裔的天下。在该等国家旅游,彷如置身欧洲一样,不论市容建设和消闲娱乐,都追得上西方社会的一般水平,可谓摆脱了南美洲一向予人落后的印象。 智利、阿根廷、乌拉圭和巴拉圭等国家,均甚少纯种的印第安人生活。其中阿根廷和乌拉圭的白种裔居民,均佔全国人口九成以上,而智利和巴拉圭则以印欧混血儿居多,分别占全国人口七 Indigenous peoples in South America are mostly Indians, most of whom settle in the backward areas of the Andes and the Amazon. However, southern countries such as Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are the descendants of the Spanish white immigrants. Traveling in these countries, just as in Europe, like the rest of the world, the pursuit of urban construction and leisure and entertainment all catch up with the general level of Western society. It is thus clear that South America has always been lagging behind. Chilean, Argentinean, Uruguayan and Paraguayan countries, are rarely purebred Indians living. Among them, white-ethnic residents in Argentina and Uruguay account for more than 90% of the total population in the country, while Chile and Paraguay have the largest number of Indo-European mixed breeds, accounting for seven