Romanian Venezuelan

Romanian Venezuelans
Rumano Venezolano
Românii din Venezuela
Total population
c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
Caracas
Languages
Venezuelan Spanish · Romanian
Religion
Christianity · There's also a small group of Romanian Jews
Related ethnic groups
Venezuelan of European descent
St. Constantine and Helena's Romanian Orthodox Church located in the suburb of El Hatillo, Greater Caracas

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.

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.

Notable people

  • Joana Benedek- model and telenovela actress.
  • Jacques Braunstein - musician, economist, publicist and disc jockey.
  • Romeo Costea - actor, director of theater.
  • Josif Csengeri- violinist. Emeritus concertino of Municipal Siymphony Orchestra.
  • 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.
  • Nil Nicolau - violinist.
  • Cornelio Popescu- former mayor of Chacao
  • Thea Segall — photographer
  • Constantin Paul — architect

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-17. Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni America Latina
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-22.

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