Czechs in Venezuela

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Czechs in Venezuela
Total population
c.2,000
Languages
Spanish  · Czech
Religion
Christianity  · Judaism  · Others
Related ethnic groups
Czechs, German Venezuelan, Slovene Venezuelan, Other Venezuelan

The Czech immigration in Venezuela began during the end of World War II. By 1950, the Czech colony was one of the most scarce European immigrant groups in the country: 1,124 people, according to the census of the time. It was not often that the Czechs people left their country with the express hopes of being settled in Venezuela. Many arrived after trying their luck in other countries; Others, by reference of third parties. But the main reason to settle here was simply the ease with which the Venezuelan government granted visas. [1]

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The second wave of immigration that came out of Czechoslovakia in this century, that of 1968, was numerous. Although most preferred countries in Western Europe, the United States or Canada, a few came to Venezuela. But after the division of Czechoslovakia (split today in the Czech Republic and Slovakia), the democratic opening, immigration to Venezuela has been almost nil. [2]

At the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Caracas were registered at the end of the twentieth century just over 200 immigrants in the country but could be more. There is no known statistic, but according to Ambassador Antonin Blazek, if one compares the relationship between the number of immigrants and contributions to the country (means in commercial and cultural benefits), the Czechs could lead the list in Venezuela as one of the most productive immigrant colonies. [3]

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References

  1. Saignes, Miguel (2010). LA HISTORIA DE LOS PORTUGUESES EN VENEZUELA (1959) (PDF) (in Spanish). Revista Mañongo. p. 15. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. "Los checos en el extranjero". Czech (in Spanish). Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. "LOS CHECOS EN VENEZUELA: Praga vive en el trópico". Retrovisor (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.