Serbs in South America explained

There are several Serbian communities in South America.^[1]

Country	Serbian population
	70,000
	21,000–30,000
	7,000
	5,200
	4,000
	2,000

Notable people

• Miguel Avramovic (born 1981), Argentinian footballer, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.^[2]
• Gastón Bojanich (born 1985), Argentinian footballer.
• Marcelo Burzac (born 1988), Argentinian footballer.
• Jorge Capitanich (born 1964), Argentinian politician, parents from Banjani, Montenegro.^[3]
• Gloria Ana Chevesich (born 1958), Chilean judge, paternal Serb descent.
• Eleodoro Damianovich (1843–1925), Argentine doctor.
• Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), Chilean sociologist and author, Croatian Serb father.
• Blagoje Jovović (1922–1999), Chetnik fighter, emigrated to Argentine after World War II.
• Bora Milutinović (born 1944), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to many South American countries.
• Sergio Mihanovich (1937–2012), Argentine jazz musician, Croat father and Serb mother.^[4]

• Claudia Pavlovich Arellano (born 1969), Chilean politician, paternal Serb descent.
• Nicolás Pavlovich (born 1978), Argentine footballer, Montenegrin ancestry.
• Dejan Petković (born 1972), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to Brazil.
• Vladica Popović (1935–2020), footballer Olympic medalist, migrated in Venezuela

• Miguel Socolovich (born 1986), Venezuelan baseballer.^[5]
• Milan Stojadinović (1888–1961), Serbian politician, advisor to Argentine governments, emigrated in 1946.
• Lyanco (born 1997), Brazilian footballer, Serbian paternal grandfather.^[6]
• Miloš Vukasović/Miguel Vucassovich (1842–1908), shipbuilder, migrated to Argentine in 1865.
• Paola Vukojicic (born 1974), retired Argentine female field hockey player.
• Geraldine Zivic (born 1975), Argentine-born Colombian actress, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.

See also

• Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America
• Serbs in USA
• Serbs in Canada
• St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary
• New Gračanica Monastery
• Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford
• Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church
• St. Pachomious Monastery

Sources

• Book: Vuković, Sava. Sava Vuković (bishop)

. Sava Vuković (bishop). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. 1998. Kragujevac. Kalenić.

• Web site: Serbios Unidos. Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina. Serbios Unidos.
  • Web site: Mozzart Sport. SRPSKI SINOVI: Orlovi iz Južne Amerike (VIDEO). 2013-04-26. Mozzart Sport.

External links

• Web site: Iglesia Ortodoxa Serbia . www.diocesisargentina.org . 19 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230507074243/https://www.iglesiaortodoxaserbiasca.org/ . 2023-05-07 . es . live.
• Web site: Serbia y Montenegrina . www.buenosaires.gob.ar . 19 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518131013/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/derechos-humanos-y-pluralismo-cultural/observatorio-de-colectividades/serbia-y-montenegrina . May 18, 2014 . es.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012-01-26. Serbios Unidos Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina. 2020-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126010407/https://serbiosunidos.com/latino-america/inmigrantes-serbios-en-america-latina/. 2012-01-26.
2. Web site: BONJOUR MIGUEL AVRAMOVIC. Ohlala Mag. 2009-06-14.
3. Web site: Metropolitan Amfilohije meets with Jorge Capitanich, Governor of the province of Chaco. SPC.
4. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/espectaculos/3-25151-2012-05-08.html «Cuando el amor era todo lo que teníamos. Sergio Mihanovich fue una figura fundamental del jazz argentino»
5. Web site: Son of a Falcon. 22 July 2015 . VZBaseball.
6. Web site: Fuga de avô da Iugoslávia e "não" a rival: assim beque parou no São Paulo. Globoesporte.