Hungarian Uruguayan
Hungarian composer Francisco José Debali, author of the music of the National Anthem of Uruguay.
Hungarian Uruguayans are people born in Hungary who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Hungarian descent.
Overview
Hungarian Uruguayans are a local ethnic minority; their presence is small but meaningful, numbering around 2,000-3,000 of which ca. 150 were born in Hungary.[1]
In 1925 was established a Society of Hungarian-Language Workers in Uruguay[2] They even had some influence within the Communist Party of Uruguay.[2]
In 1936, Hungarian migrants established the Hungarian Home of Uruguay (Hungarian: Uruguayi Magyar Otthon), an ethnic association.[3]
There is also a small Jewish-Hungarian community, they established their own association in the 1920s.[4]
There is an immigrant branch of the Batthyány noble family.[5]
Notable Hungarians in Uruguay
- Francisco José Debali (1791-1859), composer of the National Anthem of Uruguay[6]
- Eduardo Sarlós (1938-1998), playwright and artist
- Déborah Gyurcsek (born 1978), female track and field athlete
References
- ↑ Opportunities for Hungarian-Uruguayan relations (Hungarian)
- 1 2 Hungarian workers in Latin America (Spanish)
- ↑ Uruguayi Magyar Otthon (Hungarian)
- ↑ Hungarian Israeli Community of Uruguay (Spanish)
- ↑ The history of the Batthyány family (Hungarian)
- ↑ Hungarians in Latin America (Hungarian)
External links
- Hungarian Home in Uruguay (Spanish)
- Hungarian Home in Uruguay at Facebook
- Podcast of the Hungarian Home in Uruguay
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