Romanian Venezuelans
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,500[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish (Venezuelan Spanish) · Romanian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (there is also a small group of Romanian Jews) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Venezuelan of European descent |
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Romanian Venezuelans are Venezuelans of Romanian descent or a Romania-born person who resides in Venezuela.
The Romanian community in Venezuela is around 10,000 people.[2] 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.[3]
During the Venezuelan refugee crisis, some Venezuelans of Romanian descent migrated to Romania.[4]
Notable people
- Ingrid Alexandrescu, singer
- 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.
- Thea Segall - photographer
See also
- Romanian diaspora
- Immigration to Venezuela
- Romanian Orthodox Church of Caracas
- Venezuelans of European descent
Notes
- ^ "Romanian in Venezuela people group profile".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Refugiat în propria țară: „Ori plec, ori mor!" Un tânăr din Venezuela a fugit de socialism în România, după ce, în urmă cu 70 de ani, bunicul lui român fugea de comunism în Venezuela!" (in Romanian).