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.
So pervasive that even tiny children are taught Arabic Dance: From Nov 2012
While they are now multigenerationally Argentine, and most only speak Spanish, the Arab culture has become very pervasive in Latin America, as you can see in this video from Argentina.
Credit to (ElAljibedeTodos)
Desde El Aljibe means FROM THE [Community Water] WELL which served the function of the community gathering place and center of news, sort of similar to the THE OFFICE WATER COOLER in the USA.
Desde El Aljibe was on the air in Argentina from 2003-2011, when it was cancelled to make way for an Islamic religious program that no one wanted.
About 90% of Arab-Argentines are Christian, and the few Muslims among them are non-practicing as a rule.
There was a suspicion that the Saudi-funded Islamic Center got Desde El Aljibe cancelled.
That being said, this is a video when Desde El Aljibe was teaching about Arab Cooking, in this case the topic of Arab coffee. Cooking was a regular section of their weekly show.
No translation is really needed. I wanted to show how pervasive Arab influence is in South America.
The show was broadcast out of Buenos Aires on the Government Public TV channel 7 which meant one-third of the country could see it.
This should amaze you. As the clout of the Palestinian Community in Chile is growing, so also is the clout of the growing Evangelical community, which is very pro-Israel.
While Islam may be converting a few thousand, Evangelicalism is converting millions per year.
This is an Evangelical TV preacher in Chile who wonders if Chavez’s anti-Israel tirade is what caused God to issue a divine judgment against Chavez, causing his death from cancer.
Forgive my poor translation, but I caught the general drift.
Below is the video of Chavez speech that the preacher was referring to. It is from 2010.
Published on YouTube: January 28, 2011
Chavez’s comments were very ugly!
April 14, 2020 – Edited: I had to find a new source for the Chavez video, and had to correct some errors.
This is a 4 year old video. African immigration to Argentina has increased.
The Muslims among them are responsible for most of the increase of Islam in Argentina. The native-born Arab-Argentines, who are Muslim, are either converting into Christianity or are non-practicing. Remember that around 90% of Arab-Argentines are Christian.
These Africans often go to Brazil, then move down to Argentina.
This is a more recent video.
What is clear is that if Argentina can take these people in, then Argentina can take in enough Palestinians to make a dent in the Mideast crisis.
Unlike the African Blacks, the Palestinian Arabs would more easily assimilate into Argentina where Arabs are roughly 8-10% of the Argentine population; and where 90% of those Arabs are Christian.
Only a will to spend some time, money, and effort is all that is blocking a Mideast peace solution.