[2] With less specific dates it is known that even before the First World War there had been organisations of Lithuanian immigrants in Villa Diego, near Rosario, Santa Fe (Aušros žvaigždė) and in the city of Avellaneda (Susivienijimas lietuvių Argentinoje).
The collectivity of Berisso meanwhile adopted the name of Nemunas, which retains to the present.
[3] The Lithuanian diaspora in Argentina have their own radio programme called "Echoes of Lithuania" (Ecos de Lituania).
Both countries historically maintained good relations since they were first established in 1921.
They established their own institutions: Sociedad Lituana de Socorros Mutuos Vargdienis (established 1909),[5] Aušros žvaigždė, Susivienijimas lietuvių Argentinoje, Nemunas.