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Following the Second World War, there was labor shortages in Germany and other countries in northern Europe, co-existing with high unemployment in southern Europe. The first wave of guest workers came from countries such as Italy, Spain and Greece but there was pressure from Turkey and the United States to allow its citizens to come in as guest workers. There was some initial opposition from Theodor Blank who cited that there were already enough workers and there would be cultural issues. Eventually pressure from Washington forced the Germans to allow Turkish guest-workers.

What if instead Theodor Blank offered to accept Latin American guest workers or Washington, out of a desire to create goodwill in Latin America, pressured Germany to accept Latin Americans? What would be the legacy of a sizeable Latin American diaspora in Germany? Larger than the IOTL presence of Brazilians and Mexicans.
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