México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe : Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos : Institut de recherche pour le développement
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hopenhayn,Martín (Author), Bello,Alvaro (Author), and United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Social Development Division (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Santiago de Chile: CEPAL, División de Desarrollo Social
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
68 p., After centuries of exclusion and domination at the beginning of the new millennium indigenous peoples, Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean have the worst economic and social indicators and have little cultural recognition and access to decision makers. In Latin America and the Caribbean five countries account for nearly 90% of the regional indigenous population: Peru (27%), Mexico (26%), Guatemala (15%), Bolivia (12%), and Ecuador (8%). Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean region in the black and mestizo population reaches 150 million people, which means about 30% of the total population of the region. With regard to its geographical location, located especially in Brazil (50%) ;, Colombia (20%); and Venezuela (10%).
