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Latin Americans flee Ukraine after Russian invasion begins
Hundreds of South Americans have been evacuated from Ukrainian territory since the war with Russia began, some awaiting assistance and others fleeing the conflict on their own.
More than a million Latin Americans reside in Ukraine, and only a small part has been able to be evacuated by their authorities, by air and land, in conjunction with their chancelleries and embassies in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and other cities.
Some Latin American nations such as Uruguay and Chile do not have diplomatic representation in Ukraine, so the nationals of those countries had to go to the Romanian and Polish embassies.
Other countries such as Brazil, Peru and Argentina, deployed operations with official vehicles and military planes to mobilize their citizens, and even citizens of other countries.
Brazilians
Approximately 500 Brazilians resided in Ukraine, the government has indicated. About 80 people have left Ukraine via Romania and Poland, with the help of embassy transport.
Another group of more than 100 people is waiting on Ukrainian territory, to be mobilized.
On Sunday, 39 people (of Brazilian nationality, minus two of them) went to the Brazilian embassy in Bucharest. Within the group were two soccer players and their relatives.
Argentines
In total, there are 83 Argentines living in Ukraine, but another 20 were passing through the country when the Russian invasion began, according to a report from the Foreign Ministry.
The Argentine embassy in Kiev is one of the four Latin American diplomatic institutions in Ukrainian territory, which are in tune with other countries in the region to evacuate and assist their citizens.
Chileans
There are 49 Chileans who have residence on Ukrainian soil, who are registered at the Chilean consulate in Poland, since Chile does not have an embassy in Kiev.
Carolina Valdivia, interim foreign minister, offered a land evacuation across the Polish border. Until Saturday, only five Chilean citizens had taken this option to reach Poland, where they received assistance, according to President Piñera.
Nine other Chilean citizens were already at the border, and were in contact with the government of their country.
Colombians
253 Colombians live in Ukraine, and as of Sunday only 76 had managed to leave the country. From Bogotá, through its embassy in Polish territory, the operation to transfer citizens to shelters was deployed, according to the Colombian authorities, have been deployed for more than a month.
Peruvians
At least 320 Peruvians live in Ukraine and so far, 196 will be evacuated to the Polish border, where a plane from the Peruvian Air Force is waiting, which traveled to the country as soon as the invasion began. From Lima they assured that Peruvian citizens with children born in Ukraine who did not have passports received a safe conduct.
Uruguayans
Nine Uruguayan citizens were registered in Ukraine and had already left the country for Poland and Moldova. However, the Uruguayan government does not rule out the possibility of more citizens.
Some of the evacuees are already on their way to other European countries, another group is in Krakow (Poland), receiving assistance from the Finnish embassy.
The rest are in Bucharest, receiving due attention by the Uruguayan embassy on Romanian soil. The authorities indicated that they still do not rule out that there may be more Uruguayans who require assistance to evacuate.
