Americans in Argentina
Americano-argentinos (Spanish) | |
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| Total population | |
| 5,000[1] or 60,000[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly in Buenos Aires and Córdoba | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish • English | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism • Protestantism | |
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There is a community of Americans living in Argentina consisting of immigrants and expatriates from the United States as well as their local born descendants. There are roughly 5,000[1] or 60,000[2] Americans living in the country.
Migration history
From 2002 to 2003, many Americans migrated to Argentina when the country suddenly became comparatively inexpensive thus it became a cheap place to live in.[3]
Immigration from the United States increased further during and after the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as many Americans fled the crisis-ridden United States to escape to Argentina. A few interviews and immigration data shows a 12% increase in the number of Americans (742) who applied for permanent residency in 2008.
Education
American schools in Argentina include:
- Asociación Escuelas Lincoln (Buenos Aires)
Notable people
- Guy Williams (1924–1989), actor
- Adrián Suar (born 1968), actor, producer, and businessman
- Amán Rawson (1792–1847), physician and merchant, politician
- Andrea Collarini (born 1992), tennis player
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896), astronomer
- Bernhard Dawson (1890–1960), astronomer
- Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918–2003), rower and Olympic champion
- Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951), astronomer
- John M. Thome (1843–1908), astronomer
- Jonas Coe (1805–1864), naval commander
- Bryan Gerzicich (born 1984), football player
- Dan Newland (born 1949), journalist, translator, and writer
- Kevin Johansen (born 1964), rock musician
- Maxine Swann (born 1969), fiction author
- Melville Sewell Bagley (1838–1880), businessman and creator of Hesperidina, the unofficial Argentine national liqueur
- Renato Corsi (born 1963), association football player
- Richard Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer and designer of the iconic Tren a las Nubes train service
- Richard Shindell (born 1960), folk songwriter
- Roy Cortina (born 1964), politician and President of the Socialist Party in Buenos Aires
- Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), actor
- William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist
- Jorge Newberry, aviation pioneer
See also
References
- ^ a b "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination".
- ^ a b "La vida de los estadounidenses residentes en Argentina". Télam (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Americans Fleeing The US For Argentina? Argentina Post, 22 March 2009
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