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.
This was a protest celebrating the acquittal of some anti-Zionist leaders in Argentina. They were charged with hate crimes.
It occurred in 2010, but it shows the increasing anti-Zionism in South America from the left.
What is interesting is that the Jewish community could persuade the government to lodge charges.
Argentina has a large Jewish Community. It is shrinking, but it has clout. That being said, the leaders were acquitted.
At the Fiesta de la Vendimia (Harvest Festival), where this dance occured in March 2012 – (remember March is the start of South America’s autumn) – these dancers were pulled by a tractor trailer with the name of Arab Car World. Not that a sign on the trailer says Arab Planet.
From Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza, Argentina is a province in West Central Argentina with a capital city (of the same name). Greater Mendoza is the largest wine growing region of South America; and is also noted for olive oil production.
The climate is quasi-Mediterranean.
There are a lot of Arabs in the area.
They have an Islamic Center in Mendoza; but again, one has to remember that Islam is still weak in Argentina, and most Muslims are not practicing. Most Arabs in Latin America are Christian.
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.