Hi. I always wondered why Argentina was "the favorite" among emigrants looking for a place to move to in Ibero-America.

I'm gonna try to turn my questions into some smaller questions to make it more clear and easy to reply to:

*Why did so many Europeans who were looking for a better life choose the farthest country in América among all the other options?

*What was that big advantage that Argentina offered and not the other countries?

*Did the other countries have a more restrictive immigration policy?

*Did they give any incentive like free land to persuade the people to move to their country? (If yes, was Argentina the only country that did this?)

*Was Argentina so empty (Talking about population) compared to the rest of the countries?

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According to the data I saw, only Brasil is close on numbers, and even then there is a big difference. The rest of the countries are just way behind Argentina, even if they are closer to Europe.

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Thank you!