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Vendula V. Hingarová is a Hispanist and Iberoamericanist who has long been devoted to Czech and Slovak emigration to South America. Her research efforts represents a publication aimed at Czech and Slovak periodicals pub- lished in Argentina, the review of which is the subject of this paper. Hingarová has used 45 newspapers published by Czech and Slovak migrants in Argentina from the archives of 12 libraries in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, U.S.A. and Argentina. Exile print is also part of the publication, where representatives of the Slovak political emigration and members of the domestic branch such as Ferdinand Ďurčanský, Štefan Polakovič, Rudolf Dilong or Jozef Cíger Hronský figure prominently. The publication as a whole is a reflection of Czech and Slo- vak group solidarity, minority identity, but also the controversy, considering the political turbulence in the emigrants' home countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]