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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 ...
Many self-proclaimed White and Black Venezuelans have some degree of Moreno ancestry. In terms of mere physical description, Moreno can be used to describe indigenous Venezuelans because of their brown complexion. Moreno may occasionally apply to olive-skinned people of Mediterranean or Canarian origins but it is not very common.
“Chicago is a blue city and Illinois is a blue state but people are starting to wake up,” Brooks told The Post last week at his church. “It’s not about the person, it’s about the policies.
Undocumented Venezuelans in the United States could be eligible for Temporary Protected Status under the federal government’s recent expansion of the program, which made about 472,000 additional ...
Provides an overview of Venezuela, including key dates and facts about this South American country.
Over time, some black communities have migrated to larger metropolitan areas during the post-colonial period. Indigenous populations primarily inhabit the southern half of Venezuela, the region known as Guayana south-along the Orinoco River. Additionally, Indigenous communities can be found in the Guajira Peninsula and the eastern part of the ...
About 93% of Venezuelans live in urban areas in the northern part of the country. Even though almost half of the land area is south of the Orinoco River, only 5% of the population lives in that area. More than 71% of the population call themselves Catholic and most of the rest are other Christians, mainly Protestant.