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%).
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
238 p., Study of the relations between Haiti and black America from the colonial period to the present, the author shows how historical ties between these two communities of the African diaspora have affected their respective histories, cultures and community lives. R