Romanian Venezuelans
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 10,000[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Caracas | |
| Languages | |
| Venezuelan Spanish · Romanian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (there is also a small group of Romanian Jews) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Venezuelan of European descent |
Romanian Venezuelans are Venezuelans of Romanian descent or a Romania-born person who resides in Venezuela.
The Romanian Immigration in Venezuela started well into the 20th century and deepened in the 1990s.[citation needed]
The Romanian community in Venezuela is around 10,000 people.[1] They are mostly immigrants who arrived in the country, like many other European nationalities, following the Second World War and the policies of the governments of the Warsaw Pact.[2] Romanians became adjusted to Venezuelan society, because Romanian and Spanish belong to Romance languages, as well as Romanians' Latin identity.
The community is organized into various associations such as Casa Rumana de Venezuela. The Romanian Orthodox Church operates in Caracas since 1997. The same year was built the Church of St. Constantine and Helena in the city.[citation needed]
Notable people
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- Joana Benedek - model and telenovela actress.
- Jacques Braunstein - musician, economist, publicist and disc jockey.
- Paul Georgescu - hydraulic engineer. Emeritus professor of Simon Bolivar University.
- Sofia Imber - journalist and cultural promoter, creator of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas.
- Lya Imber - first woman in Venezuela to earn the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences.
- Moisés Kaufman - playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project.
- Cornelio Popescu - former mayor of Chacao
- Thea Segall - photographer
See also
Notes
- ^ "America Latină". Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ Cruz, Edgar (1997-05-02). "La Iglesia ortodoxa rumana de Venezuela. UN TROZO DE LOS CÁRPATOS EN EL HATILLO". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
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- CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro)
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from July 2022
- "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation
- Articles needing additional references from July 2022
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- Venezuelan people of Romanian descent
- European Venezuelan
- Romanian diaspora