Are Argentina and Italy connected in any way?....?

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For example, Lionel MEssi is an italien name isnt it? and mauroocameronesi ( Plays for italy football team) is from Argentina but has relatives from italy. Lots of italiens live in Argentina and vice versa.

Answer 1

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The link between Argentina and Italy is indirect. A big percentage of Argentinian population has italian heritage. It's worth to be noted that when Italy became a fascist country in the 20s, US banned immigration from Italy and many italians went to South America instead, favouring Argentina because the weather there is pretty similar to Italy's weather. I am italian and I just came back from a trip to Argentina, every other person I spoke to had italian heritage (although they were always proudly argentinian).
You can feel it in the way people dress and eat, it's very similar to Italy and I felt at home. It was strange, in many regards, I felt like I was in Italy, just everybody spoke spanish instead. People even say 'ciao' to say goodbye, just like in Italy.
Also, if you have italian parents/grandparents, you can get an italian passport. Many argentinians took advantage of it when their economy collapsed a few years ago. So in Italy you may find several argentinians with italian passport living there.

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Answer 2

no

Answer 3

look at a map

Answer 4

nope

Answer 5

No, they dont have that much connection

Answer 6

Yes. There is a secret tunnel about 35 km east of Rome which leads, eventually, to a deserted warehouse on the outskirts of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

Answer 7

The connection is only afective. Argentine and Uruguay, had ports and were as the "promised land" for thousands of european that came to live here, looking for a better future for them and their families.
But, those didnt happen only with the italians...
Our countries are full of the descendents from italian , spanish, germans (they came when WW ll), lebaneses, vasques, and some others that have been minorities but that had the same rights also.
America, in the 1st. half of the XX century, opened the borders for them, bcoz this countries were so much generous.
Nowadays, still remain the last names of that pple. That's why you hear that, and so much pple, in our countries have double nationality and European Union passport, bcoz of that

Answer 8

Maybe this is the answer you were looking for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#D…

Answer 9

yes - argentina's population is well over half italian descent.

at the turn of the century, there were a number of italians who owned farms in both italy and argentina and would travel back and forth twice a year to work both (remember, argentina is in the southern hemisphere so their summer is during our winter and so forth). they were known as "swallows," in that they migrated with the seasons, just like the birds.