Today is the anniversary of the founding of #YWladfa the Welsh colony in Patagonia. Welsh is still spoken in some villages and towns notably Gaiman and Dolafon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Wladfa  (1/3)

Signs of the Welsh and the Welsh language litter the Chubut valley in small chapels and even and Eisteddfod hall in Trelew. Welsh and Spanish often sit side-by-side. (2/3)

Of course the Welsh didn't arrive to an empty land and only survived thanks to help from the local Tehuelche. Here are the hovels the Welsh dug where they face starvation before help arrived. A statue commemorates the Welsh-Tehuelche but... (3/4)

... but the relationship of colonizer and colonized was much more complex, often disturbing. In the War of the Desert the Argentine government suppressed local tribes and the Welsh, having somewhat protected them, lost their self-governing status. See: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X16000353