Rear Admiral Giorgos "Jorge" Kolmaniatis, a native from Hydra who arrived in the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1811, strongly contributed to the Argentine War of Independence by leading and training the newly formed fleet.

[citation needed] Again huge masses of refugees who were sent to Greece by the population exchange agreement between Kemal Atatürk and Eleftherios Venizelos, came towards these latitudes seeking a chance to restart their lives from zero.

The third wave, taking place in the early 1930s, was the first one with a strong concentration of immigrants coming from the mainland, mostly villagers and peasants from Arcadia, Laconia and Messenia in the Peloponnese.

[4] The majority chose Buenos Aires as their place to stay, but others made their way far in the interior such as Córdoba, Mendoza, Mar del Plata, Comodoro Rivadavia and even Tartagal.

[citation needed] Port cities like Rosario, La Plata, Concordia, Zárate, Campana, Berisso and Necochea are also places where Hellenic immigrants established.