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The Basque Diaspora in Latin America: Euskal Etxeak, Integration, and Tensions. EDAP 1/2016

Garcia, Raphael Tsavkko (2016) The Basque Diaspora in Latin America: Euskal Etxeak, Integration, and Tensions. EDAP 1/2016. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    The establishment of the Basque diaspora in Latin America can be divided in several different periods. First, from the 16th to 18th century, the so-called original diaspora of Basques who were part of the Spanish colonial regime. The second can be traced to the 19th century, consisting of a mixture of impoverished Basque migrants seeking jobs, especially in Uruguay and Argentina, and of refugees fleeing from the Spanish War of Independence and the Carlist wars. The third wave is identified by, but not only through, the considerable amount of refugees from the Spanish Civil War on the 1930's. The fourth wave came during the 1970s, with refugees from the Franco Dictatorship, ETA members and sympathisers. In this paper I will argue that each new wave of migrants brought tension to the diaspora, with the Euskal Etxeak, or ‘Basque houses’, as a focus point. The main idea is to analyse the different tensions and political discussions of this set of diasporic waves in Latin America.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Diaspora – Basque Diaspora – Basque Country - Euskal Etxea – Identity - Abertzale - Nationalism.
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Latin America
    Countries > Spain
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) > European Diversity and Autonomy Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2016 17:09
    Number of Pages: 26
    Last Modified: 14 Dec 2017 12:10
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/73627

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