Chilean Venezuelans are Venezuelans of Chilean descent or Chileans who have obtained Venezuelan citizenship. This migratory flow was one of the main destinations for exiles from the Pinochet dictatorship,[2] at which time approximately 80,000 people came to Venezuela,[3] in addition to professional migrants motivated by the oil boom occurred between 1950 and 1980.[2]
Chilenos-venezolanos | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 12,037[1] (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Miranda State | 2,744 |
| Bolívar State | 1,947 |
| Capital District | 1,334 |
| Carabobo State | 1,297 |
| Languages | |
| Chilean Spanish · Venezuelan Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chilean diaspora | |
In 2011, the Miranda State was the state with the highest concentration of Chileans (2,744 in total), followed by the Bolívar State (1,947 in total) and the Capital District (1,334 in total).[1] Several activities are carried out within the Chilean communities of Venezuela, such as the 1973 coup d'état commemoration[4] and the celebration of native land holidays.[5]
Notable people
editChilean immigrants in Venezuela
edit- Isabel Allende, writer (she lived in Venezuela between 1975 and 1988)
- Jaime Castillo Velasco, lawyer and politician
- Beto Cuevas, singer
- Mariano Díaz, photographer
Venezuelans descendants of Chileans
edit- George Forsyth, footballer
- Gregorio González Nicolini, filmmaker and financial analyst
- Jorge Valdivia, footballer
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Segundo Registro de Chilenos en el Exterior. ¿Cuántos son, dónde están y cómo son los chilenos?" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección para la Comunidad de Chilenos en el Exterior, National Statistics Institute of Chile. pp. 150–159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ a b Schiavon, Jorge A.; Durand, Jorge (2014). Perspectivas migratorias: Un análisis interdisciplinario de la migración internacional (in Spanish). Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas. p. 22. ISBN 978-607-7843-07-8.
- ^ "Venezuela es el tercer país con más inmigrantes en Latinoamérica". Informe21 (in Spanish). 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Rinden tributo en Caracas a Salvador Allende". Globovisión (in Spanish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Fuentes, Carolina (23 September 2016). "Caracas festejó en familia". Dirección para la Comunidad de Chilenos en el Exterior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
