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Syrians In Uruguay
Syrian Uruguayans ( ar, السوريون في اوروجواي) are Uruguayan citizens of Syrian descent or Syrian-born naturalized Uruguayans. Historical background Uruguay has several thousands of people with Arab descent, whose ancestors came mostly from Lebanon; a minority came also from Syria. There were Muslims, Christians, and also some Jews among them. New wave of immigration in the 21st century As of October 2014, Uruguay received a new immigration flow of Syrian people, this time as a consequence of the Syrian Civil War. 42 Syrian people from five families were received by President José Mujica on 9 October. Because of allegedly insufficient support by the government, some Syrians prostested in 2015 and requested visa to leave the country. One family reportedly tried to leave Uruguay via Serbia in August 2015 but was sent back because of missing visa. Notable Syrian Uruguayans * Amir Hamed (1962-2017), translator * Jorge Antonio Chibene (1917–2007), businessman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mujica
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010. He was the Second Gentleman of Uruguay from 13 September 2017 to 1 March 2020, when his wife Lucia Topolansky was vice president under his immediate predecessor and successor, Tabaré Vázquez. He has been described as "the world's humblest head of state" due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of around 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguayan People Of Syrian Descent
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Uruguayan
Arab Uruguayans ( ar, عرب أوروغواي), are Uruguayan of Arab ethnic, citizens or residents whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants from the Arab world, Mostly from Lebanon and Syria. Overview Arab Uruguayans originated mainly from what is now Lebanon (of which there may be over 50,000 descendants). There are also individuals from other Arab countries such as Egypt, Syria, Morocco and Palestine. Most Uruguayans of Arabic descent are Christians, with some Muslim minorities. There was also a small influx of Arab Jews, who have since lost their Arab cultural identity. Arab Uruguayans are among the smallest Arab diaspora groups in the world. There are some 500 Arab-speaking people in the border towns of Chuy and Rivera. Lately there are two noticeable trends: * Syrian refugees who flee from the Syrian Civil War, * Arab investors interested in Uruguay, who created the Uruguayan-Arab Chamber (in cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council). Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Diaspora In South America
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to inhabit the region of Syria over the course of thousands of years. The mother tongue of most Syrians is Levantine Arabic, which came to replace the former mother tongue, Aramaic, following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century. The conquest led to the establishment of the Caliphate under successive Arab dynasties, who, during the period of the later Abbasid Caliphate, promoted the use of the Arabic language. A minority of Syrians have retained Aramaic which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. In 2018, the Syrian Arab Republic had an estimated population of 19.5 million, which includes, aside from the aforementioned majority, ethnic minorities such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Uruguayans
Arab Uruguayans ( ar, عرب أوروغواي), are Uruguayan of Arab ethnic, citizens or residents whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants from the Arab world, Mostly from Lebanon and Syria. Overview Arab Uruguayans originated mainly from what is now Lebanon (of which there may be over 50,000 descendants). There are also individuals from other Arab countries such as Egypt, Syria, Morocco and Palestine. Most Uruguayans of Arabic descent are Christians, with some Muslim minorities. There was also a small influx of Arab Jews, who have since lost their Arab cultural identity. Arab Uruguayans are among the smallest Arab diaspora groups in the world. There are some 500 Arab-speaking people in the border towns of Chuy and Rivera. Lately there are two noticeable trends: * Syrian refugees who flee from the Syrian Civil War, * Arab investors interested in Uruguay, who created the Uruguayan-Arab Chamber (in cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council). Notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Uruguayans
There are about 53,000 to 75,000 Lebanese Uruguayans, or Uruguayans of Lebanese origin. The Lebanese are one of the larger non-European communities, though still not as large a group as most European groups. Relations between Uruguay and Lebanon have always been close. History The first Lebanese immigrants to Uruguay arrived in the 1860s, settling in Montevideo around Juan Lindolfo Cuestas street. These early immigrants were mainly Maronite Christians, speaking only Arabic. The last great influx of Lebanese came in the 1920s along with other nationalities like Syrians and Europeans. Between 1908 and 1930, Montevideo's population doubled. Some of them also settled in the frontier city of Rivera. On January 21, 1924, the Apostolic Missionary of Maronites was established by decree in Uruguay. On March 10, 1925, Monseñor Shallita arrived in Montevideo from Naples to lead the mission. The early settlers faced some discrimination as "Asiatics", and a few were unable to adapt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immigration To Uruguay
Immigration to Uruguay began in several millennia Before Common Era, BCE with the arrival of different populations from Asia to the Americas through Beringia, according to the most accepted theories, and were slowly populating the Americas. The most recent waves of immigrants started with the arrival of Spaniards in the 16th century, during the Viceroyalty of Peru, colonial period, to what was then known as the ''Banda Oriental''. Immigration to Uruguay is very similar to, if not the same, as immigration to Argentina. Throughout History of Uruguay, its history, Uruguay has experienced massive waves of immigration from all around the world, specifically from the European continent, and today 90–95% of the Uruguayan population has European peoples, European ancestry. The largest of these waves of immigration occurred between the last third of the 19th century and World War II, when the whole European continent was in turmoil. The largest groups of immigrants in Uruguay are the Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Diaspora
Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War. The number of Syrians outside Syria is estimated to be from 8 to 13 million, nearly half of the country's population. The UNHCR reports that 4.9 million global refugees in 2015 were Syrian nationals. The Syrian nationality law does not grant diaspora Syrians an automatic right of return to Syria, and under the controversial 2018 Absentees Law, the Assad government confiscated property of millions of Syrians. Populations See also * Lebanese diaspora *List of Syrian refugee camps in Jordan *Little Syria, Manhattan * Refugees of the Syrian Civil War *Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Jordan *Syrians in Lebanon *Syrian refugee camps References External linksSyrian diasporaat Flickr Commons Flickr ( ; ) is an American image hosting service, image hosting and Online video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Daruech
Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel (given name), Rachel. Notable people with the name include: Raquel *Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler *Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model *Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah (born 1987), Ghanaian singer, composer and actress *Raquel Atawo (born 1982), American tennis player *Raquel Barros (1919–2014), Chilean folklorist *Raquel Bitton, French singer, actress and playwright *Raquel Bollo (born 1975), Spanish television personality business woman and model *Raquel Cabezón, Spanish football midfielder *Raquel Calderón (born 1991), Chilean actress, singer and lawyer *Raquel Carriedo-Tomás (born 1971), Spanish singer *Raquel Cassidy (born 1968), English actress *Raquel Cepeda, American journalist *Raquel Chalfi, Israeli poet *Raquel Dodge (born 1961), Brazilian politician *Raquel Diaz, Mexican-American professional wrestler, manager, model, and singer *Raquel Fernandes, Brazilian footballer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Antonio Chibene
Jorge Antonio (October 14, 1917February 11, 2007) was an Argentine business man and political figure, a close adviser to President Juan Domingo Perón. Early life Born Jorge Antonio Chibene in La Boca, Buenos Aires to Syrian immigrants (his father was an émigré who arrived in Argentina from Syria in the 19th century, and whose name was Elias Antun Esquef), Antonio grew up in Uruguay and returned to Argentina at 17 years of age. He was an orderly at the National Military Academy in 1942, and worked in several businesses before being appointed as the representative of General Motors and Mercedes Benz in Argentina. In this post, in 1949 he met Perón again, having first met him briefly in 1943, and would become one of Perón's most important advisers. Association with Peronism Antonio's fortune grew, connected with his friendship with Juan Duarte, Perón's brother-in-law. In the 1950s, Antonio bought the media companies Radio Belgrano, Canal 7 and the Télam agency. He also inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Hamed
Amir Hamed (11 May 1962 – 20 November 2017) was a Uruguayan writer, essayist and translator. Background and education Born in Montevideo, he earned a degree in literature from the University of the Republic and a doctorate in Hispanoamerican literature from Northwestern University. Works ;Novels: * ''Artigas Blues Band'' (1994) * ''Troya Blanda'' (1996) * ''Semidiós'' (2001) * ''Febrero 30'' (2016) ;Stories: * ''¿Qué nos ponemos esta noche?'' (1992) * ''Buenas noches, América'' (2003) ;Essays: * ''Retroescritura'' (1998) * ''Orientales: Uruguay a través de su poesía Siglo XX'' (1996) * ''Mal y neomal. Rudimentos de geoidiocia'' (2007) * ''Porno y post porno'' (2009, in collaboration with Roberto Echavarren and Ercole Lissardi) ;Translations: * ''The Two Noble Kinsmen'' by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher See also Uruguayan literature Uruguayan literature has a long and eventful history. Beginnings Literature properly speaking starts in Uruguay with the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
