Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina has a population
of around 3 million, (metropolitan area of 13 million) and there is a
12,000 strong Greek community. Emigration from Greece to Buenos Aires
peaked between WWI and WWII. Today, the Greek community of Buenos Aires
is the largest and wealthiest of its type in Latin America. Many are successful
businessmen, ship owners, scholars and writers.

Buenos Aires’ most famous Greek immigrant is Aristotle
Onassis, a refugee from Smyrna, who arrived in Buenos Aires on September
21st, 1923. Onassis was involved with tobacco manufacturing, before buying
his first merchant ship in the early 1930s. In 1932, Onassis was appointed
Honorary Deputy Consul of Greece to Buenos Aires. He later became one
of the world's wealthiest men.