Serbs in South America
| Country | Population |
|---|---|
 Argentina |
~5,000 |
 Venezuela |
<1,000 |
There are several Serb communities in South America, notably in Argentina and Venezuela.[1] These communities conist mostly of people with partial and distant Serb ancestry i.e. third- or fourth-generation of immigrants.
Notable people
- Miguel Avramovic (born 1981), Argentinian footballer, paternal Serb descent[2]
- Gastón Bojanich (born 1985), Argentinian footballer
- Marcelo Burzac (born 1988), Argentinian footballer[3]
- Jorge Capitanich (born 1964), Argentinian politician[4]
- Gloria Ana Chevesich (born 1958), Chilean judge, paternal Serb descent
- Eleodoro Damianovich (1843–1925), Argentine doctor
- Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), Chilean sociologist and author, paternal Serb descent
- Blagoje Jovović (1922–1999), Chetnik guerilla fighter
- Sergio Mihanovich (1937–2012), Argentine jazz musician, maternal Serb descent[5]
- Emilio Ogñénovich (1923–2011), Catholic archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentine, paternal Serb descent
- Claudia Pavlovich Arellano (born 1969), Chilean politician, paternal Serb descent
- Miguel Socolovich (born 1986), Venezuelan baseball player[6]
- Milan Stojadinović (1888–1961), Serbian politician
- Lyanco (born 1997), Brazilian footballer, paternal Serb descent[7]
- Miloš Vukasović/Miguel Vucassovich (1842–1908), shipbuilder
- Paola Vukojicic (born 1974), Argentine field hockey player
- Geraldine Zivic (born 1975), Argentine-born Colombian actress, paternal Serb descent
See also
References
- ^ "Serbios Unidos | Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "BONJOUR MIGUEL AVRAMOVIC". Ohlala Mag. 14 June 2009.
- ^ Mozzart Sport 2013.
- ^ "Metropolitan Amfilohije meets with Jorge Capitanich, Governor of the province of Chaco". SPC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ «Cuando el amor era todo lo que teníamos. Sergio Mihanovich fue una figura fundamental del jazz argentino», artículo de Diego Fischerman en el diario Página/12 (Buenos Aires) del 8 de mayo de 2012.
- ^ "Son of a Falcon". VZBaseball. 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Fuga de avô da Iugoslávia e "não" a rival: assim beque parou no São Paulo". Globoesporte.
Sources
- Mozzart Sport (26 April 2013). "SRPSKI SINOVI: Orlovi iz Južne Amerike (VIDEO)". Mozzart Sport.
Further reading
- Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.
- Serbios Unidos. "Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". Serbios Unidos.
- Bilbija, Bojan (29 December 2013), Dijaspora može da promeni Srbiju, Politika,
procenjeno brojno stanje u januaru 2012 [estimation in January 2012]
External links
- "Iglesia Ortodoxa Serbia". www.diocesisargentina.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- "Serbia y Montenegrina". www.buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2023.