There is a community of Americans living in Argentina consisting of immigrants and expatriates from the United States as well as their local born descendants. There are roughly 5,000 or 60,000 Americans living in the country.

Migration history From 2002 to 2003, many Americans migrated to Argentina when the country suddenly became comparatively inexpensive to the United States."Americans Fleeing The US For Argentina? Argentina Post, 22 March 2009

Immigration from the United States increased further during and after the 2008 financial crisis as many Americans fled the crisis-ridden United States to escape to Argentina. A few interviews and immigration data show a 12% increase in the number of Americans (742) who applied for permanent residency in 2008.

Education American schools in Argentina include: Asociación Escuelas Lincoln (Buenos Aires)

Notable people

Guy Williams (1924–1989), actor Adrián Suar (born 1968), actor, producer, and businessman Amán Rawson (1792–1847), physician and merchant, politician Andrea Collarini (born 1992), tennis player Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896), astronomer Bernhard Dawson (1890–1960), astronomer Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918–2003), rower and Olympic champion Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951), astronomer John M. Thome (1843–1908), astronomer Jonas Coe (1805–1864), naval commander Bryan Gerzicich (born 1984), football player Dan Newland (born 1949), journalist, translator, and writer Kevin Johansen (born 1964), rock musician Maxine Swann (born 1969), fiction author Melville Sewell Bagley (1838–1880), businessman and creator of Hesperidina, the unofficial Argentine national liqueur Renato Corsi (born 1963), association football player Richard Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer and designer of the iconic train service Richard Shindell (born 1960), folk songwriter Roy Cortina (born 1964), politician and President of the Socialist Party in Buenos Aires Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), actor William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist Jorge Newberry, aviation pioneer

See also

Argentina–United States relations Argentine Americans

References