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Celiac in South America (Celíacos en América del Sur)

Erin Smith
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When traveling to foreign countries, local support groups and bloggers are a wonderful source of information. I haven’t yet traveled south of the Equator, but I am hoping to make it there one day in the future. Argentina is at the top of my list!

Here are some resources for gluten-free and celiac groups and websites in South America.

Argentina
Asistencia al Celiaco de la Argentina: http://www.acela.org.ar/
Centro de Difusión de la Celiaquía: http://www.cedice.com.ar/
Asociación Celíaca Argentina: http://www.celiaco.org.ar/

Bolivia

Brazil
Asociación de Celiacos de Brasil: http://www.acelbra.org.br/english/index.php

Chile
Coacel Apoyo Al Celiaco: http://www.coacel.cl/
Fundación Convivir: http://www.fundacionconvivir.cl/home.html

Colombia
Celiacos en Colombia: http://celiacos-en-colombia.webnode.es/

French Guiana

Guyana

Ecuador
Celiacos del Ecuador http://www.celiacosdelecuador.webnode.com/

Paraguay
Fundación Paraguaya de Celíacos : http://www.fupacel.org.py/

Peru
Asociación de Celiacos del Peru: http://www.celiacosperu.org/
Asociación de Celiacos del Peru (blog): http://aceliacosperu.blogspot.com/

Suriname
Gluten-Free Suriname: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gluten-free-Suriname/280166708789770

Uruguay
Asociación Celíaca del Uruguay: http://acelu.org/sitio/

Venezuela
Fundación Celiacos Venezuela: http://www.celiacosvenezuela.org.ve/

Falkland Islands

Do you have a gluten-free or celiac society in South America? Please let me know! gfglobetrotter@gmail.com

Published by Erin Smith

Living with celiac disease since 1981 and eating gluten-free long before it was "trendy", Erin Smith has a unique perspective of growing up in the gluten-free community; Founded Gluten-Free Fun in 2007; Founded Gluten-Free Globetrotter® in 2011; Founded GlutenFreelancer® in 2014. Erin was the lead organizer of the NYC Celiac Disease Meetup group, a social community of more than 2,000 members for over a decade. She is the founder of the Santa Cruz Celiac support group. Erin currently resides in New York City and lives 100% gluten-free.

2 thoughts on “Celiac in South America (Celíacos en América del Sur)”

  1. Erin-one of the best vegan/vegetarian restaurants I’ve been to was in Buenos Aires. BIO is listed in many food/travel blogs as mainly vegan/vegetarian but they also had many gluten free meals and were very open to questions regarding their dishes. In a land where carnivores are king and steak is ever-present, BIO was a fabulous find for us. Hope you get to enjoy it one day just as much as we did. Cheers. xo

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    1. Thanks Stacey! I just checked their menu and it looks like they clearly mark the dishes that are gluten-free. I usually avoid vegetarian restaurants because I love my meat, but this one looks good. Thanks for the tip!

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