Emigration from Uruguay
Emigration from Uruguay is a migratory phenomenon that has been taking place in Uruguay since the early 20th century.
Overview
Destinations
The main receptors of Uruguayan emigration are:
Recent estimates put the emigration figures at over 500,000.[3]
Articulation
At the beginning of the 21st century, Departamento 20 ("Twentieth Department", in allusion to the 19 Departments into which the Uruguayan territory is divided) was created, an instance of coordination and articulation for Uruguayans living abroad.[4]
The Consultative Councils (Spanish: Consejos Consultivos) are representative organizations of Uruguayans living abroad whose central role is linking them with the country in several forms; they were established by Law No. 18250 of January 2008.[5] They can be found in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, USA, and Venezuela.[6]
As of November 2013, the Uruguayan government plans to implement a project to link qualified Uruguayan émigrés with technological sectors in Uruguay, especially in
Notable Uruguayan emigrants
Many talented Uruguayans have succeeded on the international stage:
- Carlos Aragone (Montevideo, 1937 – Caracas, 1994), physicist
- Best Song Academy Award for Al otro lado del río
- Fernando Espuelas (born 1967 in Montevideo), American entrepreneur
- Elio García-Austt (Montevideo, 1919 - 2005), physician and neuroscientist, active in Chile and Spain
- José Holebas (born 1984 in Aschaffenburg), Greek international footballer of Uruguayan descent through his mother.
- Elli Medeiros (born 1956 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress.
- Natalia Oreiro (born 1977 in Montevideo), film and telenovela actress and singer, active in Argentina
- Carlos Ott (born 1946 in Montevideo), architect established in Canada, author of the Opéra Bastille, Paris (1989)
- Ángel Rama (Montevideo, 1926 – Madrid, 1983), writer, academic, literary critic, known for his theorization of the concept of transculturation
- Emir Rodríguez Monegal (Melo, 1921 – New Haven, 1985), was a scholar, literary critic, and professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University
- Jules Supervielle (Montevideo, 1884 – Paris 1960) was a Franco-Uruguayan writer.
- Rafael Viñoly (born 1944 in Montevideo), architect established in the United States, author of the Tokyo International Forum (1996)
See also
- Demographics of Uruguay
- Foreign relations of Uruguay
- Immigration to Uruguay
- Uruguayan people
References
- ^ a b c d "Uruguayans, the unknown migrants" (PDF). CIPIE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ Magalí Werba; Enrique Horowitz. "Emigration of Uruguayan Jews" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-11-01. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Where did Uruguayans go?". El Observador. 13 August 2017. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Departamento 20". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013. (in Spanish)
- Parliament of Uruguay. 6 January 2008. Archived from the originalon 2013-11-05. (in Spanish)
- ^ "List of Consultative Councils of Uruguayans abroad". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Qualified Uruguayan diaspora to be registered by the government". La República. 18 November 2013. (in Spanish)
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