My visit to Chiloe
The island of Chiloe is located approximately halfway up the Chilean coast in the Pacific. In terms of surface area, it is about 20 times larger than our island [...]
Mateo Vuscovic in Antofagasta
This is a story of Dusan Vuskovic about his grandfather: My Grandfather Mate was a son of Petar Vuskovic and Dominga Sanseovic. He was born on December 28, 1900 in [...]
Famous Argentinian – Croatian painter
Zdravko Dučmelić was born in Vinkovci in 1923 in the family of Jucika and Franjo, and he also had an older brother Željko. He finished high school in his [...]
Luis Aviles Uscocovich from Guayaquil, Ecuador
Luis Aviles Uscocovich (Uskoković) was born in Guayquil, Ecuador in 1967. He is a lawyer, founder of the Ecuadorian business and Cultural Society and president of the Croatian Society. [...]
The Gerkes (Grkeš) Family from Callao, Peru
Monument in Callao My name is Camila Mejía and I am 23 years old. My migration story begins with my great-grandmother Francisca Gerkes Violich, born in 1902. She [...]
The Story of David Bošković from San Jeronimo del Sauce, Santa Fe
Pedro José Boskovic (Petar Josip Boskovic), was born in Selca, Island of Brac, Yugoslavia on September 14, 1906. Son of Mateo Boskovic (Palalela) and Catalina Vukovic, farmers by profession. Due [...]
Album of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Croatian community in Santa Cruz is very active. They like to learn Croatian and they have a great teacher: Snjezana Dedic Conchi (the 4th from the left in the first [...]
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra is the largest city in Bolivia, with about 1,900,000 inhabitants, and it is located at only 400 meters above sea level, so unlike other cities, [...]
Jelica Matkovic from Chulumami, La Paz
Jelica Matković was born in Split on May 27, 1924. Her parents were Josip and Anka Sasunić, both from Vrboska on the island of Hvar. Before her birth, [...]
Aspira’s Croatian course participants de La Paz
Since 2016, Aspira University has been organizing a free Croatian language course for South American expats. The cost of professors and translators is borne by the Split-Dalmatia County, and how [...]