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 about 60,000 Americans living in the country, and 26,000 of them live in the capital city, Buenos Aires.
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.Americans Fleeing The US For Argentina? ''Argentina Post'', 22 March 2009
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.
* Guy Williams (1924–1989), actor
* Adrián Suar (born 1968), actor, producer, and businessman
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Amán Rawson
Amán Rawson (born Haman Rawson; 1792 - January 1847) was an American physician and merchant based in San Juan, Argentina, who was well known during the first half of the nineteenth century.
He was the father of the Argentine interior minister G ...
(1792–1847), physician and merchant, politician
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Andrea Collarini
Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentinian–American tennis player.
Collarini had represented Argentina in the early days of his career from 2007 to 2010, until he chose to represent USA from 2010 to 2012 before switching back ...
Jonas Coe
Jonas Halstead Coe (September 21, 1805 - October 30, 1864), sometimes given in Spanish as Comodoro Juan Coe, was an American-born naval commander, notable in the early naval history of Argentina and Uruguay.
Early years
Coe was born in Springfiel ...
(1805–1864), naval commander
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Bryan Gerzicich
Bryan Paul Gerzicich (born March 20, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
Career
Two years after leaving Hapoel Haifa for Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Acre Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל ×”×¤×•× ...
(born 1984), football player
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Dan Newland
Danny Norman Newland (born December 9, 1949 in Wapakoneta, Ohio) is an American freelance journalist, blogger, translator, editor, writer and ghostwriter. He is a former managing editor of the ''Buenos Aires Herald''.
Biography
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(born 1949), journalist, translator, and writer
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Kevin Johansen
Kevin Johansen (born 21 June 1964) is an US-born Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for mixing several rhythms and languages in his musical work.
Biography
Kevin Johansen was born on June 21, 1964 in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Marta ...
(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
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Renato Corsi
Renato Corsi (born January 24, 1963 in Manhattan, New York, United States) is a retired American-Argentine footballer. He was the first American to play in the Primera División Argentina.
Corsi rose to fame as part of the Argentinos Juniors team ...
(born 1963), association football player
* Richard Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer and designer of the iconic ' 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
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Argentina–United States relations
Argentina and the United States have maintained bilateral relations since the United States formally recognized the United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata, the predecessor to Argentina, on January 27, 1823.
Relations were severely strained in ...