Argentina is a very large country on the southeast of South America, running from the polar south to the tropical north. The population is very European in ancestry, with roughly half being pure-European in background, and another large section being mostly European in background.
It has a large Arab population (9±%), but which is intermarried and assimilated into the country’s larger demographic This is because it is heavily Maronite (Catholic) Lebanese who assimilate well.
Interestingly, Argentina has around 180,000 Jews – the seventh largest Jewish population in the world – and they can be politically active.
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.
How interesting that the Holy Land Theme Park would include Arab Dancing.
The Holy Land Theme Park is in the north side of Buenos Aires.
How interesting that Arab Dances should play a prominent role in their performances, especially since the Gospel story concerns Jews, Romans, and the birth of Christianity.
But with 10% of more of Buenos Aires being Arab, I suppose it was hard to ignore them.
Somebody uploaded this on September 5, 2012
It is getting scary. This is a video from Islam Argentina. The Saudis and Iranians are making a full court press in South America.
The USA and Israel have to start countering this.
