In the late 1970s the overseas Chinese community was racked by internecine strife, and Brazil's economy took a turn for the worse. Those with the means to do so sought safety in the United States; many with no alternative returned back home to Taiwan.
到了民國六○年代末期，一連串的僑社紛擾帶給僑胞極大的震撼。加上巴國經濟日壞，有辦法的人陸續避往美國；找不到門路而「回流」台灣的也不少。