Americans in Argentina
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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 about 60,000 Americans living in the country, and 26,000 of them live in the capital city, Buenos Aires.[1][better source needed]
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.[2]
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
- Adrián Suar (born 1968), actor, producer, and businessman
- Andrea Collarini (born 1992), tennis player
- Arturo Rawson (1885-1952), President of Argentina and military officer
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), astronomer
- Bernhard Dawson (1890-1960), astronomer
- Tranquilo Capozzo (1918-2003), rower and Olympic champion
- Charles Dillon Perrine (1867-1951), astronomer
- Eduardo Newbery (1878-1908), odontologist and aerostat pilot
- Guy Williams (1924-1989), actor
- John M. Thome (1843-1908), astronomer
- Jonas Coe (1805-1864), naval commander
- Bryan Gerzicich (born 1984), football player
- Jorge Newbery (1875-1914), aviator, civil servant, engineer, and scientist
- 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
See also
References
- ↑ "U.S. Americans in Buenos Aires: the New Expat Mecca "Blog - Romancing Argentina, 25 April 2011
- ↑ "Americans Fleeing The US For Argentina? "Argentina Post, 22 March 2009
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