It started along with the massive wave of European immigrants who arrived in the country during that period.

[1] Numerically, this current was significantly lower than that of other peoples of Central and Eastern Europe.

[citation needed] The earliest of whom is adventurer Julius Popper, who perpetrated the Selk'nam genocide.

The second wave of Romanian immigrants in Argentina came just after the end of the World War II.

[citation needed] As part of the first wave of Romanian immigrants who arrived to Argentina, Jewish settlers founded numerous towns in Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, including those of Moisés Ville, Palacios, Las Palmeras and Monigotes.