Serbs in South America

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There are several Serbian communities in South America.^[1]

Country	Serbian population
Argentina	70,000
Brazil	21,000–30,000
Chile	7,000
Uruguay	5,200
Bolivia	4,000
Venezuela	2,000

Notable people

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Miguel Avramovic (born 1981), Argentinian footballer, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.^[2]
Gastón Bojanich (born 1985), Argentinian footballer.
Marcelo Burzac (born 1988), Argentinian footballer.^[3]
Jorge Capitanich (born 1964), Argentinian politician, parents from Banjani, Montenegro.^[4]
Gloria Ana Chevesich (born 1958), Chilean judge, paternal Serb descent.
Eleodoro Damianovich (1843–1925), Argentine doctor.
Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), Chilean sociologist and author, Croatian Serb father.
Blagoje Jovović (1922–1999), Chetnik fighter, emigrated to Argentine after World War II.
Bora Milutinović (born 1944), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to many South American countries.
Sergio Mihanovich (1937–2012), Argentine jazz musician, Croat father and Serb mother.^[5]
Claudia Pavlovich Arellano (born 1969), Chilean politician, paternal Serb descent.
Nicolás Pavlovich (born 1978), Argentine footballer, Montenegrin ancestry.
Dejan Petković (born 1972), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to Brazil.
Vladica Popović (1935–2020), footballer Olympic medalist, migrated in Venezuela
Miguel Socolovich (born 1986), Venezuelan baseballer.^[6]
Milan Stojadinović (1888–1961), Serbian politician, advisor to Argentine governments, emigrated in 1946.
Lyanco (born 1997), Brazilian footballer, Serbian paternal grandfather.^[7]
Miloš Vukasović/Miguel Vucassovich (1842–1908), shipbuilder, migrated to Argentine in 1865.
Paola Vukojicic (born 1974), retired Argentine female field hockey player.
Geraldine Zivic (born 1975), Argentine-born Colombian actress, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.

References

^ "Serbios Unidos | Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "BONJOUR MIGUEL AVRAMOVIC". Ohlala Mag. 14 June 2009.
^ Mozzart Sport 2013.
^ "Metropolitan Amfilohije meets with Jorge Capitanich, Governor of the province of Chaco". SPC.
^ «Cuando el amor era todo lo que teníamos. Sergio Mihanovich fue una figura fundamental del jazz argentino», artículo de Diego Fischerman en el diario Página/12 (Buenos Aires) del 8 de mayo de 2012.
^ "Son of a Falcon". VZBaseball. 22 July 2015.
^ "Fuga de avô da Iugoslávia e "não" a rival: assim beque parou no São Paulo". Globoesporte.

Sources

Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.
Serbios Unidos. "Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". Serbios Unidos.
Bilbija, Bojan (29 December 2013), Dijaspora može da promeni Srbiju, Politika, procenjeno brojno stanje u januaru 2012 [estimation in January 2012]
Mozzart Sport (26 April 2013). "SRPSKI SINOVI: Orlovi iz Južne Amerike (VIDEO)". Mozzart Sport.

External links

"Iglesia Ortodoxa Serbia". www.diocesisargentina.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
"Serbia y Montenegrina". www.buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2023.