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Ethnic group in Argentina Ethnic group
Lithuanian Argentines
Argentinos lietuviai (Lithuanian)
Lituano-argentinos (Spanish)
Argentina Lithuania
Members of the program "Echoes of Lithuania"
Total population
Unknown (by birth)
35,000 (in 1920s) (by ancestry)
Regions with significant populations
Mainly in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe
Languages
Spanish • Lithuanian
Religion
Majority: Catholicism
Minority: Irreligion
Related ethnic groups

Lithuanian Argentines are Argentine citizens who are fully, partially, or predominantly of Lithuanian descent, or Lithuanian-born people residing in Argentina. During the 1920s about 35,000 Lithuanians arrived in Argentina.

History

Pioneers and settlements

Main cities with Lithuanian population in Argentina: 1.Rosario 2. Buenos Aires 3. Berisso

In 1909, a group of Lithuanian immigrants from the cities of Ensenada and Berisso founded the Lithuanian Mutual Aid Society Vargdienis, whose prominent members were the Lithuanian gentlemen Rimavičius, Pavilonis, Bogužas and Baltušis. With less specific dates it is known that even before the First World War there had been organisations of Lithuanian immigrants in Villa Diego, near Rosario, Santa Fe (Aušros žvaigždė) and in the city of Avellaneda (Susivienijimas lietuvių Argentinoje). The collectivity of Berisso meanwhile adopted the name of Nemunas, which retains to the present. The Lithuanian diaspora in Argentina have their own radio programme called "Echoes of Lithuania" (Ecos de Lituania).

There is also a significant Lithuanian-Jewish community.

Argentina-Lithuania relations

The last visit by a Lithuanian leader to the country occurred in 2008, when President Valdas Adamkus visited Buenos Aires. Both countries historically maintained good relations since they were first established in 1921. After Soviet domination, in 1991, Argentina was the first Latin American country to recognize the country's independence.

Organisations

They established their own institutions: Sociedad Lituana de Socorros Mutuos Vargdienis (established 1909), Aušros žvaigždė, Susivienijimas lietuvių Argentinoje, Nemunas.

Notable Lithuanian Argentines

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Los otros inmigrantes. Historia de las colectividades menos conocidas"". Clarín (Argentine newspaper) (in Spanish). 2006-02-05. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  2. "Historia Conjuntos de Danzas Campo de recreaciòn Contactese". www.aeeberisso.com.ar. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013.
  3. Centro Lituano-Argentinos lietuvių centras. "Cómo se creó el Centro Lituano". www.centrolituano.com (in Spanish).
  4. Adriana Brodsky; Raanan Rein (2012). The New Jewish Argentina (paperback): Facets of Jewish Experiences in the Southern Cone. Brill. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-90-04-23728-5.
  5. "Sociedad Cultural Lituana de Socorros Mutuos NEMUNAS. Historia" Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Asociación de Entidades Extranjeras (AEE) de Berisso
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