Immigration to Venezuela
Immigration to Venezuela historically has been significant. Because of the Venezuelan geographical location as a gateway to South America, this nation has been the plot for many newcomers, even taking place before Columbus' discovery in 1498 when many aboriginal inhabitants came and left Venezuela. After the Spanish colonization of the Americas brought European colonists and African slaves, immigration to Venezuela was significant particularly in the period after World War II, with large numbers of immigrants from Asia and Europe, particularly southern Europe. In addition, Venezuela shares a 1000-mile border with Colombia and has long had substantial numbers of Colombian residents. Since the 1980s, the Colombian conflict has seen largescale Colombian immigration, with Venezuela the number one destination for displaced Colombians.[citation needed]
Immigration under Spanish rule
European immigration in Venezuela began in 1500 with the Spanish colonization of
Out of all
Nineteenth-century immigration
After independence in 1821, a lack of economic attractions and successive civil wars provided few incentives for immigration as
Caribbean immigration
Because of the Venezuelan geographical location as a gateway to South America, this nation has been the plot for many newcomers, even taking place before Columbus' discovery when many aboriginal inhabitants came and left Venezuela. During the later centuries African-descendants from the Caribbean islands entered Venezuela as immigrants. Among them Trinidadians, Cubans, Dominicans, Haitians, Dutch Antilleans, Martiniquens, Grenadians; in summary people from all the Caribbean nations.[2] To summarize Antillian blacks [3] coming even from British, Dutch and French Guianas.
Haitians in Venezuela
The Haitian immigration has been neither valued nor documented unlike the European immigration.[4] However, they have left their legacy in the nation. In 1806, Francisco de Miranda design the first Venezuelan flag in Jacmel (South of Haiti). On December 24, 1815 the general Simon Bolivar first set foot on Haitian soil. The liberator in 1816 with 400 men all of them Haitians fought for the freedom cause reach Venezuela.
The immigration of Haitians can be organized into three phases. The first from the beginning of the 1960s to the beginning of the dictatorship of the
Guyanese in Venezuela
Illegally coming from the Esequibo.[8][9][neutrality is disputed]
Other Antilleans in Venezuela
Many women from West Indian Caribbean came to Venezuela to work at the wealthy American expats who worked at oil fields across Venezuela. Most of them settle in Cabimas, Maracaibo, Socorro among other towns. They were hired because most of those expats refused to learn or speak in Spanish and rejected to hire Venezuela ladies as servants. In this group several English-speaking Trininadian and Grenadian maids came to Venezuela.[10]
Post-war European immigration
After
Spanish immigration
Basque immigration
Portuguese immigration
Italian immigration
Czech immigration
German immigration
Hungarian immigration
Corsican immigration
Croatian immigration
Serbian immigration
Slovene immigration
Greek immigration
Polish immigration
Russian immigration
Ukrainian immigration
Romanian immigration
Swiss immigration
Arab immigration
Lebanese immigration
Syrian immigration
Asian immigration
Chinese immigration
Japanese immigration
Korean immigration
Indians immigration
North Americans in Venezuela
Mexicans in Venezuela
Canadians in Venezuela
Americans in Venezuela
Since late of the nineteenth century people from United States of America started to come to Venezuela. They were temporary immigrants. Evangelical missionaries, as well as preachers of other protestant groups, as well as oil engineers who came to work in Western Venezuela.[10][14][15][16]
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- ^ "Ice cream sales a lifeline for Haitians in Caracas | Reuters". reuters.com. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ^ "Haitian Colonial Memory in Venezuelan Politics — NURJ". thenurj.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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