Serbian Venezuelan is a
Venezuelan citizen of
Serbian descent or
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
-born person who resides in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
The Serbian population settled in the country consisted mainly of political emigrants, that arrived at Venezuela after the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, due to disagreements with the then
Yugoslav communist regime. The estimated population of Serbs-Venezuelans range between 1,000 - 2,000.
In 1955, they founded the Serbian Orthodox Christian Community in
Caracas. Later they built the
Serbian Orthodox Church in 1966, where the consecration was attended by King
Peter II of Yugoslavia. The Serbian Social Club of Aragua state was founded in 1965 by a group of immigrants arrived in the country from Yugoslavia in order to preserve and promote the customs, religion, culture and folklore of Serbia, with all the community based in the country without distinction of race or creed, sharing in the same space with the activities of the St. John the Baptist Church which belongs to the newly founded
.
Notable people
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Vladica Popović
Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Serbian professional footballer and manager. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991.
Born in Zemun, P ...
(born 1935) – Serbian-Venezuelan football manager and former footballer.
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Miguel Socolovich (born 1986) – Venezuelan baseball player.
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Veruska Ljubisavljević (born 1991) – Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder.
See also
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Croatian Venezuelan
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European Venezuelan
European Venezuelans or White Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens who self-identify in the national census as white, tracing their heritage to European ethnic groups. According to the official census report, although "white" literally involves ...
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Immigration to Venezuela
References
External links
Serbs in South AmericaSerbia Iglesia Ortodoxa en Venezuela-Српска Православна Црква у ВенецуелиClub Serbio de Aragua
{{Portal bar, Serbia, Venezuela
Serbian diaspora
European diaspora in Venezuela
Ethnic groups in Venezuela