Serbs in South America

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There are several Serbian communities in South America.[1]

Country | Serbian population

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Argentina | 70,000
Brazil | 21,000–30,000
Chile | 7,000
Uruguay | 5,200
Bolivia | 4,000
Venezuela | 2,000

## Notable people

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* Miguel Avramovic (born 1981), Argentinian footballer, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.[2]
* Gastón Bojanich (born 1985), Argentinian footballer.
* Marcelo Burzac (born 1988), Argentinian footballer.[3]
* Jorge Capitanich (born 1964), Argentinian politician, parents from Banjani, Montenegro.[4]
* Gloria Ana Chevesich (born 1958), Chilean judge, paternal Serb descent.
* Eleodoro Damianovich (1843–1925), Argentine doctor.
* Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), Chilean sociologist and author, Croatian Serb father.
* Blagoje Jovović (1922–1999), Chetnik fighter, emigrated to Argentine after World War II.
* Bora Milutinović (born 1944), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to many South American countries.
* Sergio Mihanovich (1937–2012), Argentine jazz musician, Croat father and Serb mother.[5]
* Claudia Pavlovich Arellano (born 1969), Chilean politician, paternal Serb descent.
* Nicolás Pavlovich (born 1978), Argentine footballer, Montenegrin ancestry.
* Dejan Petković (born 1972), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to Brazil.
* Vladica Popović (1935–2020), footballer Olympic medalist, migrated in Venezuela
* Miguel Socolovich (born 1986), Venezuelan baseballer.[6]
* Milan Stojadinović (1888–1961), Serbian politician, advisor to Argentine governments, emigrated in 1946.
* Lyanco (born 1997), Brazilian footballer, Serbian paternal grandfather.[7]
* Miloš Vukasović/Miguel Vucassovich (1842–1908), shipbuilder, migrated to Argentine in 1865.
* Paola Vukojicic (born 1974), retired Argentine female field hockey player.
* Geraldine Zivic (born 1975), Argentine-born Colombian actress, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.

## See also

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* Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America
* Serbian Americans
* Serbian Canadians
* St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary
* New Gračanica Monastery
* Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford
* Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church
* St. Pachomious Monastery

## References

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1. ^ "Serbios Unidos | Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
2. ^ "BONJOUR MIGUEL AVRAMOVIC". Ohlala Mag. 14 June 2009.
3. ^ Mozzart Sport 2013.
4. ^ "Metropolitan Amfilohije meets with Jorge Capitanich, Governor of the province of Chaco". SPC.
5. ^ «Cuando el amor era todo lo que teníamos. Sergio Mihanovich fue una figura fundamental del jazz argentino», artículo de Diego Fischerman en el diario Página/12 (Buenos Aires) del 8 de mayo de 2012.
6. ^ "Son of a Falcon". VZBaseball. 22 July 2015.
7. ^ "Fuga de avô da Iugoslávia e "não" a rival: assim beque parou no São Paulo". Globoesporte.

## Sources

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* Mozzart Sport (26 April 2013). "SRPSKI SINOVI: Orlovi iz Južne Amerike (VIDEO)". Mozzart Sport.

## Further reading

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* Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.
* Serbios Unidos. "Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". Serbios Unidos.
* Bilbija, Bojan (29 December 2013), Dijaspora može da promeni Srbiju, Politika, "procenjeno brojno stanje u januaru 2012 [estimation in January 2012]"

## External links

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* "Iglesia Ortodoxa Serbia". www.diocesisargentina.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
* "Serbia y Montenegrina". www.buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

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