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March, Saturday 20, 2010
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The purpose of this section is to pay homage to the numerous types of people that have settled in this country from the time of its birth: Italians, Spanish, French, Germans, Welsh, Irish, Arabs, Jews, and many others.
The French
Many of them came from cities near Paris, most of all from rural regions in the southwest: Basque country, the Bearn and the Aveyron… Read more INFO
Armenians in Argentina
The Armenian community in Argentina has become a valuable contribution to the cultural melting pot that makes up our country.

Just as the Armenians were welcomed in Argentina, Argentina has benefited from their untiring work and love. Let’s take a look at their history and presence in Argentina... Read more INFO
Thousands of people, one community
Immigrant groups arrived from different parts of the world.

They settled down and formed communities, neighborhoods and institutions in which they tried to conserve their customs... Read more INFO
Italians
Since 1830, Argentina had become accustomed to the arrival of Genovese and Napolitans.

In the beginning, the majority of the Italians were from the north. Yet beginning in 1895 immigrants from Campanile (Neapolitans, Calabrians and Sicilians) began to arrive. Unlike these newer arrivals, the northerners usually returned to their homeland. Italy was experiencing a time of unification... Read more INFO
Spaniards
In spite of their numbers, they often receive less attention since they do not represent any novelty among our ethnic constitutents.

But various massive migrations have made them an important part of the local society. It is still the Spanish nation that has the closest ties with Argentina... Read more INFO
The British
British immigration is a very old one and is connected with the fights for independence.  Unlike other immigrant groups, the British did not stand out in agriculture.

In trade and jobs, however, the English did stand out above the others... Read more INFO
The Welsh
The Welsh disembarked at Puerto Madryn in 1865; At the time Patagonia was a semi-deserted territory, without stable administrative authorities and completely lacking a sanitary and school system...

Read more INFO
The Germans
Among German immigrants, those from the Volga stand out.

They were Germans sent by Catherine the Great to colonize southern Volga in the 18th century, where they were forced to work the land... Read more INFO
The Arabs
When an Arab (crudely called a Turk) arrived to the country, he unfailingly declared himself to be a merchant.

However, if one looked at the registry, it was easily seen that he had been a farmer in his own land... Read more INFO
Jewish immigration in Argentina
Jews arrived to the country around around 1885  as an organized group thanks to the work of Baron Mauricio de Hirsch.

The Baron managed to get them out of Russia, where their survival was precarious. Read more INFO
The Japanese in Argentina
Not all immigrants came from Europe, however.

At the beginning of the century an agreement with the Japanese Empire brought some traders from their country to ours... Read more INFO
Koreans and Chinese
In 1965, groups of Koreans and Chinese arrived.

In the 1980s the first Koreans and Chinese participated in a project that encouraged the arrival of immigrants with capital. Today there are 40,000 Koreans and Chinese. Their arrival began to decline after 1989... Read more INFO
New Immigration: Daughters of the Sun
The newest immigrants no longer get off boats.

Now they arrive on planes. Young, single women. Kicked out by hunger or abandoned by their men, they care for children who are not their own in order to send money to their families who remain in their countries... Read more INFO
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