These kids are charming. Quite wonderful!
Notice the Orthodox Christian priest in the front, the one with the black sacerdotal hat
This is a Syrian-Palestinian gathering in Chile, affiliated with the Orthodox Church.
It should be noted that the Orthodox considered themselves the real Catholic Church, and the Roman Catholic Church to be in serious error. Hence, they will often call themselves the Apostolic Orthodox Catholic Church.
Some of this is in English
This is report by Argentina’s Public TV on the attacks against the American Embassy in Libya.
My Spanish is not so great, but the commentator to the left is Pedro Brieger, an Argentina Academic-Reporter – of Jewish background – who teaches at the Univeristy of Buenos Aires as well as doing TV spots.
The supposedly insulting video about Mohammed is worldwide news, especially in Latin America where there is a large Arab-Latin constituency.
Arabs at a German Oktoberfest in Argentina
Posted on YouTube: June 20, 2009
This shows you how mainstream the Arabs are in Argentina.
This was the Oktoberfest in Villa General Belgrano, in Córdoba, Argentina, where the town has very large German ethnic population. However, the Oktoberfest invites in more than just Germans.
Irish dance group (Eire) at a German Oktoberfest in Argentina
Posted on YouTube: October 21, 2008
Croats, Italians, and other ethnic groups also show up. It is very cosmopolitan.
Of course, here are the Germans of Villa Belgrano
Posted on YouTube: August 3, 2017
What is important to remember is:
1) Argentina has many ethnic groups
2) The Arabs are well established among them
3) Arab Argentines are mainstream.
5 May 2021 – Edited: Removed dead videos. Added a new video and changes.
Source: Santiago Times: UN calls on Latin America for Palestinian refugee aid
Director thanks Chile for ‘long history’ of welcoming descendants.
The United Nations urged Latin American countries to take a more active role in aiding Palestinian refugees in a special conference in Santiago on Thursday.
As noted: Because of the large amount of Arabs in Latin America, the UN is asking the Latins to give more aid to the Palestinians.
Chile, with its large, and elite, Palestinian community would be a center for this.
