Various media have come to assert that until the death of Jean Charles de Menezes passed almost unnoticed the 300,000 Brazilians and the 700,000 to 1, 000,000 Latin Americans that the Ministry of External Affairs accepts that they exist in United Kingdom. Today Menezes has become the most famous Latin American of Britain, surpassing in fame to intellectuals, artists, professionals, entrepreneurs or sportsmen of Latin American origin. Many latinos believe that they should not mix in politics and even less talk about the police and others believe that the departure of Sir Ian Blair is due to an internal affair of the partidocracia British because they don’t want to believe that a humble and anonymous irregular dead Latin may have played an important role in that crisis. However, the death of Jean Charles has demonstrated that the police has been committing significant errors as in keep the strategy of firing before inquire before terrorism suspects or not give enough care to presumed innocent and ethnic minority rights. After the death of several Menezes politicians have begun to discover the large Latino community while the police comes from creating an internal official Ibero-American Association and seeks to make ad hoc meetings with the Latino community or give a special day of exclusive attention in Spanish or Portuguese. The simple Menezes family has shown great courage that inspires many and many latinos shows the way forward in defence of their rights. During the municipal elections of May 1 latinos achieved that for the first time in British history the party candidates debate before them and with translation to your language, as well as all the mayoral candidates to visit the largest latino market in London promising that they not demolerian him.

Latinos have begun to be taken into account in the London Assembly and a debate on this point. Latino leaders within municipalities or Parliament do not yet exist, but trends comes brewing to go to an organization that brings different communities ibero and Latin American. The Menezes family has celebrated the output of Sir Ian Blair at the same time showing its concern in regard that waiver should not prevent new investigations and trial that takes place today.