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Afro-Venezuelans (Spanish: Afrovenezolanos), also known as Black Venezuelans (Spanish: Venezolanos negros), are Venezuelans who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Afro-Venezuelans are mostly descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the Western Hemisphere during the Atlantic slave trade .
As of 1981, according to the critic D'Ambrosio and other academics, about 51.6% of Venezuelans are mestizos or mulattos (called Criollos: the 40% of them are with mostly white features, 20% with mostly black features and 10% with mostly Indians features), 45% are white, 2% are black and 1% Indians. According to these scholars, is the fact that ...
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
Consuelo Adler – Venezuelan top model, Miss International 1997; Noelia Voigt Briceño, Miss USA 2023, first Venezuelan-American woman win the Miss USA title. Carmen María Montiel – Venezuelan pageant titleholder and journalist. Miss Venezuela 1984, Miss Universe 1984 2nd runner up. She lives in USA since 1989.
A Black man named Esteban el Negro (Steven the Black), a North African Moor from Spain, searched for the fabled city of Cíbola with Cabeza de Vaca. Veracruz, Campeche, Pánuco and Acapulco were the main ports for the entrance of African slaves. In the past, offspring of Black African/Amerindian mixtures were called jarocho (wild pig), chino or ...
Venezuelans without a lawful immigration status in the United States could be sent back to their country. That includes Venezuelans in the United States who have illegally crossed into the country ...
Pages in category "African-American feminine given names" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K.
Pedro Camejo (better known as Negro Primero, or The First Black) (1790–1821), lieutenant at the Venezuelan war of independence; Agostino Codazzi (1793–1859), Italian born, military officer, cartographer, former governor of Barinas; Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816), Wars of Independence leader, veteran of the U.S. and French revolutions