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Romanian Venezuelans are

Venezuelans Venezuelans ( Spanish: ''venezolanos'') are the citizens identified with the country of Venezuela. This connection may be through citizenship, descent or cultural. For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connections exist and are the source ...

of Romanian descent or a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

-born person who resides in Venezuela. The Romanian community in Venezuela is around 10,000 people. They are mostly immigrants who arrived in the country, like many other European nationalities, following the

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and the policies of the governments of the

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. During the

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, some Venezuelans of Romanian descent migrated to Romania.

Notable people

* Ingrid Alexandrescu, singer *

Joana Benedek Joana Benedek (, ; born Roxana Joana Benedek Godeanu on January 21, 1972) is a Romanian-born Mexican actress. She left her native land in search of work. She first moved to Venezuela before moving to Mexico. In Caracas she continued to study, b ...

- model and telenovela actress. * Jacques Braunstein - musician, economist, publicist and disc jockey. * Paul Georgescu - hydraulic engineer. Emeritus professor of Simon Bolivar University. *

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- journalist and cultural promoter, creator of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas. * Lya Imber - first woman in Venezuela to earn the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences. *

Moisés Kaufman Moisés Kaufman (born November 21, 1963) is a Venezuelan American theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. He was awarded the ...

- playwright, director and founder of

Tectonic Theater Project Tectonic Theater Project is a stage and theater group whose plays have been performed around the world. The company is dedicated to developing works that explore theatrical language and form, fostering dialogue with audiences on the social, poli ...

. * Thea Segall - photographer

Notes

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Notable people

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