Syrian Chilean
Encyclopedia
Arab Chileans, are immigrants to Chile from the Arab world. Most are Christian and are the descendants of immigrants from the Ottoman Empire
, from the lands that are now Occupied Palestine, Syria
, Lebanon
, and Jordan
. who arrived in Chile
in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries to escape from poverty.
Ethnically Arab Chileans are often called "Turks", (Spanish: Turcos) a term believed to derive from the fact that they arrived from the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Most arrived as members of theEastern Orthodox church, but a minority became Roman Catholic. A minority are Muslim.
It is estimated that 800,000 Chileans or nearly 5% of the population is of Arab
origin, chiefly descendants of immigrants from the Middle East (i.e. Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese
and Middle East Armenians
).
Chile
is home to a large population of immigrants, mostly Christian, from the Levant
. Roughly 500,000 Palestinian descendants
are believed to reside in Chile. And the effects of their migration are widely visible. The earliest such migrants came in the 1850s, with others arriving during World War I and later the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
. The Club Palestino is one of the most prestigious social clubs in Santiago. They are believed to form the largest Palestinian community outside of the Arab world
. Aside from these migrants of previous decades, Chile has also taken in some Palestinian refugees in later years, as in April 2008 when they received 117 from the Al-Waleed refugee camp
on the Syria
–Iraq
border near the Al-Tanf crossing. The situation in Gaza
has caused tensions even thousands of miles away between the Israeli and Palestinian communities in Chile.
Historically, the Arabs of Chile were called Turks, Moors, Arabs or Lebanese. In recent years they have often called themselves Palestinians. In the past decade, most of the Arab immigration are Iraqis.
The Christian Orthodox
, built the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile in Santiago
in 1917. It is a cathedral of the Church of Antioch
with six parishes.
The majority of Palestinians arrived in the early twentieth century, fleeing the Ottoman Empire due primarily to professing the Christian religion, oppressive rule and then the economic situation and the outbreak of the First World War. Note that the Ottoman Turkish oppression (Sunnis) was reflected not only in the Christian minority in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, but against Shiite Muslims who arrived in the entire Atlantic coast to be the majority in the region, and some spent via Argentina
to Chile in the early 1900s located across the country bringing to their culture and work to the development of Chile.
On arrival, the Arabs were devoted to work primarily in the commercial sector. The Palestinian community, despite their cultural differences with Chilean society, managed to permeate and an important part of the country's middle class, although some of its members have some of the greatest wealth of the country. Although the District Board, in Santiago and the city of La Calera were his main residence centers, meeting and trade for many years, in recent times have moved over the city of Santiago de Chile, Las Condes, Providence, Ñuñoa and Recoleta.
In Beit Jala, as in Beit Sahour and Bethlehem, more is known of Chile, Santiago is more common than any known in the Middle East. Because there are all family here, 20 thousand miles away. Distant cousins, uncles in fifth grade, nephews and nieces whenever overseas dropped convulse the lives of their relatives, more accustomed to shooting and military uniforms to surprise visits. They all form a large extended family that includes the Palestinian-Chilean, those descendants of the thousands of Aziz Jalil and Hannah, whom changed from their robes to adapted the "European" costume and set sail for America since 1860.
At the same time that 50 million souls escaped from Europe to the new continent, and countries on this side of the Atlantic set up their immigration agencies in Germany and France, the Palestinians were added to the large human displacement. They came by theirs. Nobody called, nobody received.
Today In Chile, that generation's descendants number around 500,000. There is no exact figure, but a record that all repeat: it is the largest Palestinian community outside the Arab world. That is why the obituaries for the last time "El Mercurio" is full of Oriental (Arabic) names. They are the victims of the Israeli incursion into Beit Jala, Beit Sahour and Bethlehem, with so many relatives there and in La Calera, Santiago or Nelspruit. The saddest effect of an immigration that ran into difficulties that few want to remember, and that in less than three decades rose from the tenements, the itinerant and discrimination to full integration, and more than a few cases, large fortunes.
The large influx Arab party began in 1860 and extends until 1900. It is estimated that the Arabs who came to America reached at one million people. Until 1918 the Palestinians migrated with Turkish passports. The output ports were Beirut, Haifa and Alexandria, and the journey was made via Genoa and Marseille.
Until the late nineteenth century, the population of Palestine bordering the 600 000 inhabitants. At that time the number of Jews was 35 thousand. In 1931 there were 1 million inhabitants: 73 percent were Muslim, 17 percent were Jews and Christians 9 percent.
The large concentrations of immigrants were Syrians, Palestinians, Lebanese and their descendants in Brazil
, Argentina
and Chile. It is estimated that Latin America would amount to 25 million of Arab descent.
By 1940, the Arab Guide de Chile estimated at 13,466 the number of Arabs in Chile.
61% of the Arabs arrived in our country did between 1900 and 1930. Over 60% of Arabs who came were between 10 and 30 years old [1].
In 1912 appears the Muerched, the first Chilean newspaper written in Arabic. It is estimated that there were at least 12 publications such during the 40 years of immigration.
Today Arab immigration, especially in Palestine is still important, apart from the arrival of them by their own means to our country, in April 2008 reached 117 Palestinian refugees Chilean soil. After a constant immigration over the years, the Palestinian community in Chile became the world's largest outside the Middle East, with about 500 thousand members. [1]
In addition to the strong influence and varied diversity in areas of national affairs, a fact which demonstrates its presence is the call for at least 7 players who were Chilean-born Palestinians (as Roberto Bishara) in the Palestinian football team during the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2006. Also reflected the influence of this community in the sport is on the Palestinian stage and the football club first division of Palestine.
Unlike other migration flows, the Arab tendency to sprawl. Thus, they are in the most remote villages of the country.
The Arabs initially focused on the textile sector, where fortunes spun, which were diversifying and several closed the circle on the bench.
In the years since, Yarur developed Chilean Cotton Manufactures. And when they bought the company, Said decided to leave his side to the new owners.
At his death, the patriarch Yarur presided over the Banco de Credito e Inversiones (BCI), which was released in 1937 and has the distinction of being the only one in Chile that is still owned by its founders. Since 1991 is chaired by Luis Enrique Yarur, son of Charles.
Today is the fourth financial institution, with 11% of loans and returns on equity of 24%, and among the 20 largest banks in the region. In 2003 the Bank acquired Conosur at about U.S. $ 100 million.
Furthermore, Yarur own over 50% of Vina Morande.
Jose Said Saffie (age 72) multiplied the family fortune and is among the most affluent persons in Chile and Latin America, as owner of 21% of Parque Arauco, 16% BHIF Bank-BBVA, which concentrates 7% of loans, 25% of Andina Bottling, 30% of Factorline, factoring the fourth largest in the country, 48% of Edelpa, the largest flexible packaging and 50% of Clinical Reñaca.
In the area of the mall has invested in Argentina, where Parque Arauco owns 27% of Alto Palermo, a company that manages eight shopping centers, including Patio Bullrich and unique Market Hall.
Apart from the groups spearheading the cousins José Said Saffie, Jaime Said Demaria and his uncle, Said Kattan Sunday, there is another branch that descends from the businessman born in Bethlehem Said Issa Sahuire: that of Antonio Said Kattan, brother of Domingo. This is the only one still remains in the textile sector. At 92 years, heads Fibratex Textiles Manufacturing. It also has real estate investment and action by the Electronic Stock Exchange.
A group met in 1986 under the name of the Ten Mosques, whose history dates back to 1986. Then Carlos Abumohor called Espir Aguad, Alejandro Kauak, Munir Khamis, Selum Jorge Fernando Abuhadba and pairs of Odde Rishmague with Solomon and Domingo Diaz and Alvaro Saieh with Juan Rafael Gutierrez (the only non-Arab) to form a bank, conscious that the textile industry was in decline.
The economic boom enjoyed by Chilean society was formed by Arab Investment, a financial firm where the individual contribution was U.S. $ 1 million. Saieh took over as manager.
Two years later, he merged the Bank of Labor, making it the third of the square. In the early 1990s formed subgroups to start new businesses. First was the purchase of AFP Provida, in 1993 - six years later sold to BBVA for U.S. $ 260 billion, where through participating INECSA Saieh only, the Diaz family, Fernando Aguad the Abumohor and Rishmague Odde.
This operation was later joined Interbanc purchases of Peru and insurance companies Mass and compensates. In 1995 was born on holding Inversiones Financieras SA (Infisa), where Saieh kept 51% of the property.
That year the Bank purchased Infisa Sonami Conception to U.S. $ 60 million to merge with Osorno. But they accepted the offer of Banco Santander: nearly $ 500 million by the Osorno. At that time Juan Gutierrez left the group. Khamis and later emigrated Kauak.
Consolidated acquired in Venezuela and in Argentina the Buci, who later disposed of. Here AFP acquired the Union and Financial Protection and Condell. In 1997, seeking to give a new image and profile, the Concepción was renamed Infisa Corpbanca and became the holding Corpgroup.
Saieh, Abumohor, Rishmague Diaz Cumsille, Selum and remain in Corpgroup Aguad. The bag placed in holding 24.9% of Corpbanca in November 2002 and exactly one year later topped the 23% that belonged to foreign funds Blackstone Group, JP Morgan Partners and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, in addition to ADR Wall Street, to provide more liquidity to the action. This institution is the fifth of the financial system in loans, with 3.8%.
But everyone has done their part. Rishmague in 2002 consolidated his emerging regional financial holding company UCB, UCB umbrella of Financial Services, Factoring UCB, Union Credit Bank in Miami, and a significant share of Chile Corpbanca, Corpbanca Venezuela. Its assets exceed $ 100 million.
Also betting on the U.S. market, and its partners Saieh Álvaro Jorge Selum, Fernando and Alberto Aguad Muchnick - through Corpgroup Financial Services, concluded an agreement in November 2002 to buy First Western Bank of Florida, allegedly close in December. The aim is to use that entity - with assets of U.S. $ 30 million as a platform for Latin America and complement Corpgroup operations, where 51% Saieh handles.
He also leads Real Estate Andrés Bello, owner of the buildings of the university of the same name and Indisa Clinic. It is the driver of Journalism Consortium (COPES), which publishes the daily La Tercera, The Fourth, The Hours, Revista Que Pasa and Paula. There are the Abumohor family (or nicknamed el Trek for the migration of Palestinians they represented have entered the Chilean economy).
Cumsille Juan Pablo Diaz, president of the prestigious social group, Club Palestino (the Palestinian Club) in Santiago was processing a license to open in 2004 the Banco Progreso. This is a civil engineer and heir of Solomon Domingo Diaz Cautín involved in Real Estate, which leases properties in the center, and Lo Espejo Comercial who sells machinery for construction. But its strength is the leasing and factoring, through Progress Financial Services.
The Abumohor, Alvaro Saieh, Juan Pablo Diaz, Domingo Diaz, Alejandro and Juan Rafael Gutiérrez Kauak formed Cabildo SA in 1997 purchased the Hacienda Rupanco at about U.S. $ 80 million. The site, about 50 000 hectares, has 30 thousand head of cattle and is one of the leading producers of milk.
The grandfather of the early el Trek Abumohor century, but it was Zechariah - Nicholas's father, Carlos and Rene, who entered the textile business distributing imported clothing.
After a spinning industry, leased, bought and expanded the business to be grouped under the parent American Manufacturing (Maisa).
They are on the peninsula resorts Pucón, Puerto Velero, the Haras de Pirque and Club Balthus. In the real estate and commercial control 10% of Parque Arauco and textiles, Maisa Spinning Mills (licensee of Benetton, Esprit, Nino Mori, Arrow and New Man) Carpet and Wiener.
Munir Khamis, after selling its stake in Corpbanca embarked on the textiles. There is a partner with his cousins in Bromac SA, dedicated to the embroidered linens, children's clothing and home affairs. It also has 25% of Trama, an importer of fabrics for the clothing created in 1985.
An architect by profession, has concentrated on building projects, in Santiago and the Tenth Region, through Pacific Real Estate and Building America.
Kauak owns 10% of the tax Rupanco and livestock is a major employer. With its four fields in the X region it is an agricultural corporation and their diary division produces about six million liters of milk a year.
This year will begin construction of a shopping center next to the group in Osorno Cordel and plans to return to the financial world, with a bank for SMEs.
Kassis Cecinas owns San Jorge and in 2002 bought Cecinas JK to his brother John, which controls about 30% of the domestic market of sausages. Participate in building projects in Peñalolén associated with Sarquis and Marcelo Zalaquett, and Las Condes.
Dr. George Manzur is nicknamed the "First Palestinian of Chile" or personality leader to represented the power and prominence of the Palestinian community, as he's involved in medical science, financial business and national politics.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, from the lands that are now Occupied Palestine, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
, Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
, and Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
. who arrived in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries to escape from poverty.
Ethnically Arab Chileans are often called "Turks", (Spanish: Turcos) a term believed to derive from the fact that they arrived from the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Most arrived as members of theEastern Orthodox church, but a minority became Roman Catholic. A minority are Muslim.
It is estimated that 800,000 Chileans or nearly 5% of the population is of Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
origin, chiefly descendants of immigrants from the Middle East (i.e. Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
and Middle East Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
).
Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
is home to a large population of immigrants, mostly Christian, from the Levant
Levant
The Levant or ) is the geographic region and culture zone of the "eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt" . The Levant includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and sometimes parts of Turkey and Iraq, and corresponds roughly to the...
. Roughly 500,000 Palestinian descendants
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
are believed to reside in Chile. And the effects of their migration are widely visible. The earliest such migrants came in the 1850s, with others arriving during World War I and later the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...
. The Club Palestino is one of the most prestigious social clubs in Santiago. They are believed to form the largest Palestinian community outside of the Arab world
Arab world
The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...
. Aside from these migrants of previous decades, Chile has also taken in some Palestinian refugees in later years, as in April 2008 when they received 117 from the Al-Waleed refugee camp
Al-Waleed (camp)
Al-Waleed is a makeshift Palestinian refugee camp in Iraq, near the border with Syria and the al-Tanf Crossing. It was set up in 2006 by Palestinian refugees stranded at the Iraqi-Syrian border The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has two field staff stationed in the camp...
on the Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
–Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
border near the Al-Tanf crossing. The situation in Gaza
Gaza
Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...
has caused tensions even thousands of miles away between the Israeli and Palestinian communities in Chile.
Historically, the Arabs of Chile were called Turks, Moors, Arabs or Lebanese. In recent years they have often called themselves Palestinians. In the past decade, most of the Arab immigration are Iraqis.
The Christian Orthodox
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
, built the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile in Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
in 1917. It is a cathedral of the Church of Antioch
Church of Antioch
The Church of Antioch is one of the five major churches that composed the Christian Church before the East-West Schism.-History:...
with six parishes.
History
The first Arabs in Chile first registered in a census carried out dates back to 1895, however, in 1854 and 1885 are some subjects of the Ottoman Empire, which could well be in Lebanon, Palestine or Syria, which were part of the Empire at the time.The majority of Palestinians arrived in the early twentieth century, fleeing the Ottoman Empire due primarily to professing the Christian religion, oppressive rule and then the economic situation and the outbreak of the First World War. Note that the Ottoman Turkish oppression (Sunnis) was reflected not only in the Christian minority in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, but against Shiite Muslims who arrived in the entire Atlantic coast to be the majority in the region, and some spent via Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
to Chile in the early 1900s located across the country bringing to their culture and work to the development of Chile.
On arrival, the Arabs were devoted to work primarily in the commercial sector. The Palestinian community, despite their cultural differences with Chilean society, managed to permeate and an important part of the country's middle class, although some of its members have some of the greatest wealth of the country. Although the District Board, in Santiago and the city of La Calera were his main residence centers, meeting and trade for many years, in recent times have moved over the city of Santiago de Chile, Las Condes, Providence, Ñuñoa and Recoleta.
In Beit Jala, as in Beit Sahour and Bethlehem, more is known of Chile, Santiago is more common than any known in the Middle East. Because there are all family here, 20 thousand miles away. Distant cousins, uncles in fifth grade, nephews and nieces whenever overseas dropped convulse the lives of their relatives, more accustomed to shooting and military uniforms to surprise visits. They all form a large extended family that includes the Palestinian-Chilean, those descendants of the thousands of Aziz Jalil and Hannah, whom changed from their robes to adapted the "European" costume and set sail for America since 1860.
At the same time that 50 million souls escaped from Europe to the new continent, and countries on this side of the Atlantic set up their immigration agencies in Germany and France, the Palestinians were added to the large human displacement. They came by theirs. Nobody called, nobody received.
Today In Chile, that generation's descendants number around 500,000. There is no exact figure, but a record that all repeat: it is the largest Palestinian community outside the Arab world. That is why the obituaries for the last time "El Mercurio" is full of Oriental (Arabic) names. They are the victims of the Israeli incursion into Beit Jala, Beit Sahour and Bethlehem, with so many relatives there and in La Calera, Santiago or Nelspruit. The saddest effect of an immigration that ran into difficulties that few want to remember, and that in less than three decades rose from the tenements, the itinerant and discrimination to full integration, and more than a few cases, large fortunes.
The large influx Arab party began in 1860 and extends until 1900. It is estimated that the Arabs who came to America reached at one million people. Until 1918 the Palestinians migrated with Turkish passports. The output ports were Beirut, Haifa and Alexandria, and the journey was made via Genoa and Marseille.
Until the late nineteenth century, the population of Palestine bordering the 600 000 inhabitants. At that time the number of Jews was 35 thousand. In 1931 there were 1 million inhabitants: 73 percent were Muslim, 17 percent were Jews and Christians 9 percent.
The large concentrations of immigrants were Syrians, Palestinians, Lebanese and their descendants in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Chile. It is estimated that Latin America would amount to 25 million of Arab descent.
By 1940, the Arab Guide de Chile estimated at 13,466 the number of Arabs in Chile.
61% of the Arabs arrived in our country did between 1900 and 1930. Over 60% of Arabs who came were between 10 and 30 years old [1].
In 1912 appears the Muerched, the first Chilean newspaper written in Arabic. It is estimated that there were at least 12 publications such during the 40 years of immigration.
Today Arab immigration, especially in Palestine is still important, apart from the arrival of them by their own means to our country, in April 2008 reached 117 Palestinian refugees Chilean soil. After a constant immigration over the years, the Palestinian community in Chile became the world's largest outside the Middle East, with about 500 thousand members. [1]
In addition to the strong influence and varied diversity in areas of national affairs, a fact which demonstrates its presence is the call for at least 7 players who were Chilean-born Palestinians (as Roberto Bishara) in the Palestinian football team during the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2006. Also reflected the influence of this community in the sport is on the Palestinian stage and the football club first division of Palestine.
Unlike other migration flows, the Arab tendency to sprawl. Thus, they are in the most remote villages of the country.
The Arabs initially focused on the textile sector, where fortunes spun, which were diversifying and several closed the circle on the bench.
Economic influence in Chile
It is the case of the Banna family: Yarur, Carlos, Jorge and Amador. His father, John, emigrated in 1894 from Bethlehem and was a good move. He died in 1954, when Cotton Manufacturers under Yarur lived its golden age: the company, founded in 1936 with his brothers Nicholas and Saba, it produced 60% of cotton yarn and fabrics in Chile. Its partners were the Said-Isa and his six children, among them Salvador, the father of Joseph, now a member of the Parque Arauco shopping mall-amusement park and BHIF.In the years since, Yarur developed Chilean Cotton Manufactures. And when they bought the company, Said decided to leave his side to the new owners.
At his death, the patriarch Yarur presided over the Banco de Credito e Inversiones (BCI), which was released in 1937 and has the distinction of being the only one in Chile that is still owned by its founders. Since 1991 is chaired by Luis Enrique Yarur, son of Charles.
Today is the fourth financial institution, with 11% of loans and returns on equity of 24%, and among the 20 largest banks in the region. In 2003 the Bank acquired Conosur at about U.S. $ 100 million.
Furthermore, Yarur own over 50% of Vina Morande.
Jose Said Saffie (age 72) multiplied the family fortune and is among the most affluent persons in Chile and Latin America, as owner of 21% of Parque Arauco, 16% BHIF Bank-BBVA, which concentrates 7% of loans, 25% of Andina Bottling, 30% of Factorline, factoring the fourth largest in the country, 48% of Edelpa, the largest flexible packaging and 50% of Clinical Reñaca.
In the area of the mall has invested in Argentina, where Parque Arauco owns 27% of Alto Palermo, a company that manages eight shopping centers, including Patio Bullrich and unique Market Hall.
Apart from the groups spearheading the cousins José Said Saffie, Jaime Said Demaria and his uncle, Said Kattan Sunday, there is another branch that descends from the businessman born in Bethlehem Said Issa Sahuire: that of Antonio Said Kattan, brother of Domingo. This is the only one still remains in the textile sector. At 92 years, heads Fibratex Textiles Manufacturing. It also has real estate investment and action by the Electronic Stock Exchange.
A group met in 1986 under the name of the Ten Mosques, whose history dates back to 1986. Then Carlos Abumohor called Espir Aguad, Alejandro Kauak, Munir Khamis, Selum Jorge Fernando Abuhadba and pairs of Odde Rishmague with Solomon and Domingo Diaz and Alvaro Saieh with Juan Rafael Gutierrez (the only non-Arab) to form a bank, conscious that the textile industry was in decline.
The economic boom enjoyed by Chilean society was formed by Arab Investment, a financial firm where the individual contribution was U.S. $ 1 million. Saieh took over as manager.
Two years later, he merged the Bank of Labor, making it the third of the square. In the early 1990s formed subgroups to start new businesses. First was the purchase of AFP Provida, in 1993 - six years later sold to BBVA for U.S. $ 260 billion, where through participating INECSA Saieh only, the Diaz family, Fernando Aguad the Abumohor and Rishmague Odde.
This operation was later joined Interbanc purchases of Peru and insurance companies Mass and compensates. In 1995 was born on holding Inversiones Financieras SA (Infisa), where Saieh kept 51% of the property.
That year the Bank purchased Infisa Sonami Conception to U.S. $ 60 million to merge with Osorno. But they accepted the offer of Banco Santander: nearly $ 500 million by the Osorno. At that time Juan Gutierrez left the group. Khamis and later emigrated Kauak.
Consolidated acquired in Venezuela and in Argentina the Buci, who later disposed of. Here AFP acquired the Union and Financial Protection and Condell. In 1997, seeking to give a new image and profile, the Concepción was renamed Infisa Corpbanca and became the holding Corpgroup.
Saieh, Abumohor, Rishmague Diaz Cumsille, Selum and remain in Corpgroup Aguad. The bag placed in holding 24.9% of Corpbanca in November 2002 and exactly one year later topped the 23% that belonged to foreign funds Blackstone Group, JP Morgan Partners and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, in addition to ADR Wall Street, to provide more liquidity to the action. This institution is the fifth of the financial system in loans, with 3.8%.
But everyone has done their part. Rishmague in 2002 consolidated his emerging regional financial holding company UCB, UCB umbrella of Financial Services, Factoring UCB, Union Credit Bank in Miami, and a significant share of Chile Corpbanca, Corpbanca Venezuela. Its assets exceed $ 100 million.
Also betting on the U.S. market, and its partners Saieh Álvaro Jorge Selum, Fernando and Alberto Aguad Muchnick - through Corpgroup Financial Services, concluded an agreement in November 2002 to buy First Western Bank of Florida, allegedly close in December. The aim is to use that entity - with assets of U.S. $ 30 million as a platform for Latin America and complement Corpgroup operations, where 51% Saieh handles.
He also leads Real Estate Andrés Bello, owner of the buildings of the university of the same name and Indisa Clinic. It is the driver of Journalism Consortium (COPES), which publishes the daily La Tercera, The Fourth, The Hours, Revista Que Pasa and Paula. There are the Abumohor family (or nicknamed el Trek for the migration of Palestinians they represented have entered the Chilean economy).
Cumsille Juan Pablo Diaz, president of the prestigious social group, Club Palestino (the Palestinian Club) in Santiago was processing a license to open in 2004 the Banco Progreso. This is a civil engineer and heir of Solomon Domingo Diaz Cautín involved in Real Estate, which leases properties in the center, and Lo Espejo Comercial who sells machinery for construction. But its strength is the leasing and factoring, through Progress Financial Services.
The Abumohor, Alvaro Saieh, Juan Pablo Diaz, Domingo Diaz, Alejandro and Juan Rafael Gutiérrez Kauak formed Cabildo SA in 1997 purchased the Hacienda Rupanco at about U.S. $ 80 million. The site, about 50 000 hectares, has 30 thousand head of cattle and is one of the leading producers of milk.
The grandfather of the early el Trek Abumohor century, but it was Zechariah - Nicholas's father, Carlos and Rene, who entered the textile business distributing imported clothing.
After a spinning industry, leased, bought and expanded the business to be grouped under the parent American Manufacturing (Maisa).
They are on the peninsula resorts Pucón, Puerto Velero, the Haras de Pirque and Club Balthus. In the real estate and commercial control 10% of Parque Arauco and textiles, Maisa Spinning Mills (licensee of Benetton, Esprit, Nino Mori, Arrow and New Man) Carpet and Wiener.
Munir Khamis, after selling its stake in Corpbanca embarked on the textiles. There is a partner with his cousins in Bromac SA, dedicated to the embroidered linens, children's clothing and home affairs. It also has 25% of Trama, an importer of fabrics for the clothing created in 1985.
An architect by profession, has concentrated on building projects, in Santiago and the Tenth Region, through Pacific Real Estate and Building America.
Kauak owns 10% of the tax Rupanco and livestock is a major employer. With its four fields in the X region it is an agricultural corporation and their diary division produces about six million liters of milk a year.
This year will begin construction of a shopping center next to the group in Osorno Cordel and plans to return to the financial world, with a bank for SMEs.
Kassis Cecinas owns San Jorge and in 2002 bought Cecinas JK to his brother John, which controls about 30% of the domestic market of sausages. Participate in building projects in Peñalolén associated with Sarquis and Marcelo Zalaquett, and Las Condes.
Dr. George Manzur is nicknamed the "First Palestinian of Chile" or personality leader to represented the power and prominence of the Palestinian community, as he's involved in medical science, financial business and national politics.
Chilean Arab organizations
- Sports: Club Deportivo PalestinoClub Deportivo PalestinoClub Deportivo Palestino, is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile...
, founded in 1920 - Social Club Palestinian (1938), BethlehemBethlehemBethlehem is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank of the Jordan River, near Israel and approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism...
2000 Palestinian Foundation-Chile (2001) - Policy: Palestinian Federation of Chile and the General Union of Palestinian Students in Chile (UGEP-Chile)
- General Union of Palestinian Students in Chile (UGEP-Chile)
- AJPP (Youth Association for Palestine)
- Union Club Palestinian ValparaísoValparaísoValparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
and Viña del MarViña del MarViña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located... - Company Tenth Fire Pump Valparaíso Chilean Eduardo Arab Farley
- Ladys Syrian Palestinian Society.
- Arab Union Club La CaleraLa CaleraLa Calera may refer to:*Argentina**La Calera, Argentina*Colombia**La Calera, Cundinamarca*Chile**La Calera, Chile*Mexico**La Calera Airport...
- Palestine Bethlehem Foundation 2000
- Home of Syrian-Palestinian Children
- Palestinian Union Club de TalcaTalcaTalca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....
- Palestinian Union Club of San FernandoSan Fernando, ChileSan Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region. Located close to the Tinguiririca River in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 1,112 feet above sea level...
- Arab Stadium Design
- JUPAC (Youth Palestinian Concepción)
- Palestinian Conception School
- Palestinian College of Viña del MarViña del MarViña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
Notable Arab Chileans
- Arturo SalahArturo SalahArturo Salah Cassani is a Chilean former football player, who currently is an unemployed manager. He is of Palestinian background. Lastly he managed the Universidad de Chile. As a player, Salah played for Audax, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Palestino.-Manager career:He began his...
, a Chilean former football player (Palesinian descent) - Luis Enrique Yarur, businessman (Palesinian descent)
- Alejandro Hales, politician (Palestinian descent)
- Carlos AbumohorCarlos AbumohorCarlos Abumohor Touma is a successful Chilean of Palestinian descent, businessman and investor who is involved in a number of financial activities in the development of the Chilean banking, media and real estate sectors....
, businessman and investor (Palestinian descent) - José SaidJosé SaidJosé Said was born in Arequipa , Perú, is the founder and current head of Parque Arauco S.A., which is one of the largest real estate developers and operators of shopping malls in both Chile and Argentina.-References:...
, businessman (Palestinian descent) - Jocelyn Medina, model and dancer (Lebanese descent)
- Benedicto Chuaqui Ketlun, writer (Syrian descent)
- Yanina Halabi, model (Syrian descent)
- Alberto Haddad, politician (Syrian descent)
- Sergio ValechSergio ValechSergio Valech Aldunate was the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was the head of the eight-member National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture panel in Chile, which investigated instances of torture that occurred...
, Roman Catholic bishop (Syrian descent) - Sergio Bitar, politician, minister and senator (Lebanese and Syrian descent)
- Jorge Awad, businessman (Syrian descent)
- Jessica Mualim Fajuri, politician (Palestinian descent)
- Ricardo Abumohor
- Nabih Chadud
- Afife Docmac, journalist
- Jorge Massoud Sarquis, businessman and politician (Syrian descent)
- Luna Albagli, model (Syrian Jewish descent)
- Paula Sharim
- Nissim Sharim, actor (Syrian Jewish descent)
- Karen AtalaKaren AtalaKaren Atala Riffo is a Chilean lawyer from Palestinian origin, judge, and mother of three girls. In 2005, she moved in with her female partner in Santiago. Her ex-husband took offense to this, although he has admitted doing so only for the purposes of revenge...
- Mariana DerderiánMariana DerderianMariana Sirvat Derderián Espinoza is a Chilean actress. She is best known for her protagonistic role in Floribella, the Chilean version of the Argentinian TV serie Floricienta .- Biography :...
, actress (Armenian Syrian descent) - Miguelo Esbir, singer (Syrian descent)
- Emily Jacir, artist
- Miguel LittinMiguel LittinMiguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides....
, movie director and screenwriter - Álvaro SaiehÁlvaro SaiehÁlvaro Saieh Bendeck is a wealthy Chilean businessman of Palestinian ancestry. Since June 18, 1996, he has been First Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for one of Chile's largest private banking institutions, Corpbanca S.A. He is also the acting Chief Executive Officer for the media...
, businessman - Raúl Hasbún, Roman Catholic priest (Palestinian descent)
- Roberto BisharaRoberto BisharaRoberto Bishara is a naturalized Palestinian football defender. He currently plays for Palestino in the Chilean First Division. In the national team, he usually plays left back although he can also play central back.Bishara is a Palestinian Christian .- External links :*...
, footballer (Palestinian descent) - Checho Hirane, comedy and TV host (Lebanese descent)
- Hosaín Sabag, politician (Lebanese descent)
- Fernando Chomalí, Roman Catholic archbishop (Lebanese descent), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ConcepciónRoman Catholic Archdiocese of ConcepciónThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile.-History:* March 22, 1563: Established as Diocese of La Imperial from the Diocese of Santiago de Chile* 1603: Renamed as Diocese of Concepción...
- Nicolás MassúNicolás MassúNicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
, tennis player (Palestinian descent) - Pedro Sabat, politician (Lebanese descent)
- Marcela Sabat, model and politician (Lebanese descent)
- Fernando Solabarrieta ChelechFernando SolabarrietaFernando Javier Solabarrieta Chelech is a Chilean television journalist, known for his participations in sports transmissions on TVN, like "Zoom Deportivo". He is of Basque descent. Is married to the journalist and television presenter Ivette Vergara and they have three children, Nicolás, Iñaki...
, journalist, TV host (Palestinian descent) - Daud Gazale, footballer (Palestinian descent)
- Pablo Zalaquett Said, politician, mayor of SantiagoSantiago (commune)The Commune of Santiago is the capital city of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, located at the center of the Santiago Province in Chile's Central Zone. Locally, Santiago is usually abbreviated Stgo. It is also called as "Santiago Centro" .-History:The city of Santiago was founded on February 12,...
(Palestinian descent) - Francisco Chahuán, politician, senator for Valparaíso (Palestinian descent)
- Juan Yarur Lolas, businessman (Palestinian descent)
- Rafael Tarud, politician (Palestinian descent)
- Fuad Chahin, politician (Palestinian descent)
External links
- Comunidad árabe en Chile
- Unión General de Estudiantes Palestinos de Chile
- Comerciante palestino en Patronato An article from the Corporación del Patrimonio Cultural de Chile.