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Slovenes in Argentina, so members of Slovene political emigration (SPE) from after the year 1945, as those having immigrated to Argentina before the first or second world war (mostly economic emigration from Prekmurje and Primorska and refugees from fascism), managed to surpass to a great degree the former differences and to offer unified support to the process of Slovene independence. Within their efforts for international legal recognition of Slovenia from the part of the Republic of Argentina, put into force on January 16, 1992, the primary role at institutional level - apart from the efforts of many deserving individuals - was performed by the "United Slovenia"(US), the umbrella organization of Slovene political emigration in Argentina. Its contribution was manifested in several ways - by signing petitions for the independence plebiscite, by lobbying at different levels of state decisionmaking (foreign ministry, parliament assembly, senate, influential politicians), by organizing manifestations in the support of the Slovene independence, attended also by members of other minorities, living in Argentina, by cooperating with the Slovene foreign ministry and World Slovene Congress, by spreading information on political situation in Slovenia through mass media in Argentina, etc..