Lithuanian Argentines

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Organisations

They established their own institutions: Sociedad Lituana de Socorros Mutuos Vargdienis (established 1909),^[5] Aušros žvaigždė, Susivienijimas lietuvių Argentinoje, Nemunas.

Notable Lithuanian Argentines

• José Alperovich, politician
• Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, rugby union player
• Marcia Bell, actress
• Ricardo Ivoskus, lawyer and politician
• Liudas Jakavicius-Grimalauskas, pianist
• Antonio Krapovickas, botanist
• Fanny Mikey, actress and theatre producer
• Gabriel Levinas, journalist
• Joseph Kessel, journalist
• Jevel Katz, singer
• Hector Timerman, politician and diplomat
• Jacobo Timerman, publisher, journalist and author

See also

• Lithuanian Brazilians
• Estonian Argentines

References

Ancestry and ethnicity in Argentina
Africa	Angolan Arab Cape Verdean South African
Americas	Indigenous Abipón Chané Capayán Diaguita Guaraní Huarpe Kolla Mapuche Mocoví Nivaclé Pehuenche Poya Qom Quechua Quilmes Selk'nam Tehuelche Teushen Non Indigenous American Bolivian Chilean Dominican Paraguayan Uruguayan
Asia	Arab Lebanese Syrian Armenian Chinese Indian Japanese Jewish Korean
Europe	By ethnicity or religious beliefs Basque Mennonite By region and country Central Austrian Czech German Hungarian Polish Slovene Swiss Eastern Belarusian Russian Ukrainian Northern Baltic Estonian Latvian Lithuanian Nordic Danish Finnish Swedish Southeast Bulgarian Croatian Greek Macedonian Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Southern Basque Italian Portuguese Spanish Western British English Scottish Welsh Dutch French Irish All European immigration to Argentina

Lithuanian diaspora
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada United States Baltimore Chicago area Uruguay
Europe	Ireland Poland United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia
International	Lithuanian World Community