▁wh iten ed ▁the ▁Chile an ▁population ▁to ▁level ▁of ▁overall ▁percent ages . ▁Fact s ▁about ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁the ▁flow ▁of ▁imm igration ▁do ▁not ▁co inci de ▁with ▁certain ▁national ▁ch au vin istic ▁disc ourse , ▁in ▁which ▁Chile , ▁like ▁Argentina ▁or ▁Uruguay , ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁constit uted ▁due ▁to ▁imm igration ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" white " ▁Latin ▁American ▁countries , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁what ▁prev ails ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁continent . ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁und eni able ▁that ▁imm igr ants ▁have ▁played ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁Chile an ▁society . ▁Between ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁Chile ▁only ▁received ▁the ▁ 0 . 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁imm igration ▁flow ▁to ▁Latin ▁America , ▁against ▁ 4 6 % ▁of ▁Argentina , ▁ 3 3 % ▁of ▁Brazil , ▁ 1 4 % ▁of ▁Cuba , ▁and ▁ 4 % ▁of ▁Uruguay . ▁This ▁was ▁because ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁migration ▁occurred ▁across ▁the ▁Atlantic , ▁not ▁the ▁Pacific , ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁migration ▁occurred ▁mostly ▁before ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Pan ama ▁Canal . ▁Also , ▁Europe ans ▁preferred ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁countries ▁closer ▁to ▁their ▁hom el ands ▁instead ▁of ▁taking ▁that ▁long ▁tour ▁across ▁the ▁Stra its ▁of ▁Mag ellan ▁or ▁crossing ▁the ▁And es . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁European - born ▁reached ▁a ▁top ▁of ▁ 2 . 2 % ▁of ▁Chile an ▁population , ▁it ▁down