Romanian Venezuelans

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Romanian Venezuelans
Rumano Venezolano
Românii din Venezuela
Total population
1,500[ citation needed ]
Regions with significant populations
Caracas [ citation needed ]
Languages
Spanish (Venezuelan Spanish) · Romanian
Religion
Christianity (there is 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 Iglesia San Constantino y Santa Elena 2013 001.jpg
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.[ citation needed ]

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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.[ citation needed ]

During the Venezuelan refugee crisis, some Venezuelans of Romanian descent migrated to Romania. [3]

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. "America Latină". Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  2. 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.
  3. "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).

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