Venezuelan Argentines
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Venezolano-argentinos (Spanish) | |
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.svg) People born in Venezuela by province according to RENAPER in 2023 (Not including descendants of Venezuelans) | |
| Total population | |
| 250,500 (by birth, 2022)[1] 300,000 (by ancestry, 2022)[2] 0.6% of the Argentine population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly the Greater Buenos Aires,[3] Córdoba,[4] and Santa Fe[5][6] | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Venezuelans Venezuelan Uruguayans · Venezuelan Brazilians · Venezuelan Americans |
Venezuelan Argentines (Spanish: venezolano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of predominantly or total Venezuelan descent, or Venezuelan citizens who have migrated to and settled in Argentina. As of 2022, there are 300,000 Venezuelans living in Argentina,[7][2] most of whom migrated during the latter half of the 2010s as part of the Venezuelan refugee crisis.[3][8] The last census held in Argentina, in 2010, registered only 6,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the country.[9]
As of 2018, Venezuelans were the fourth-largest expat community in Argentina, behind Paraguayans, Bolivians and Chileans.[10] According to IOM figures, Argentina granted 170,223 residency permits to Venezuelan citizens alone from 2018 to 2020, nearly twice as many as to Paraguayan citizens.[11] This makes Venezuelans the fastest-growing expat community in the country.[12][13]
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The Venezuelan community in Argentina has grown considerably since 2015 due to a number of factors, most notably, the ongoing socioeconomic crisis experienced by the Caribbean country.[9] Despite the geographical distance between the two countries (there are 1920 miles between Venezuela's southernmost city and Argentina's northernmost), Argentina's lax migration laws have made the country a major destination for Venezuelans.[13][14]
According to a 2019 IOM report studying Venezuelan migrants in Buenos Aires, 80.4% of respondents had jobs at the time the study was conducted (August–September 2019): 55% as employees and 25.4% as independent workers; 15.6% were unemployed. Around 70% of the surveyed migrants counted with a monthly salary ranging between Argentina's mandated minimum wage and twice that amount. By business sector, 43% were active in commerce, 26% in transport (taxi cabs and mobility apps and services such as Uber), 6% in health, and 3% in IT. Nearly 71% of the surveyed migrants worked in the informal economy, while 29% worked in registered jobs.[15]
The Venezuelan diaspora in Argentina has been politically active, being overwhelmingly supportive for Argentina’s far-right president, elected in 2023, Javier Milei.[16]
Notable people
- Brenda Asnicar (born 1991), actress
- Grecia Colmenares (born 1963), actress
- Catherine Fulop (born 1965), model
- Ángel David Revilla (born 1982), YouTuber
- Oriana Sabatini (born 1996), actress
