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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 ...
Horizontal tricolor of black, red and yellow, with an arc of six white stars in the center of the red band and a yellow sun on the hoist side of the black band, charged with two cocoa branches and the words "Libertad o Muerte" ("Liberty or Death"). Based on Francisco de Miranda's military flag. Ratio 2:3. 2003–present
The flag is essentially the one designed by Francisco de Miranda for his unsuccessful 1806 expedition to liberate Venezuela and later adopted by the National Congress of 1811. It consisted of three equal horizontal stripes of yellow, blue and red. Miranda's flag is also the inspiration for the flags of Colombia and Ecuador.
Horizontal tricolor of black, red and yellow, with an arc of six white stars in the center of the red band and a yellow sun on the hoist side of the black band, charged with two cocoa branches and the words "Libertad o Muerte" ("Liberty or Death"). Based on Francisco de Miranda's military flag. Ratio 2:3. 2003–present
In the dexter chief, on a red field, wheat represents the union of the 24 states of the Republic existing at the time and the wealth of the nation. In sinister chief, on a yellow field, weapons (a sword, a sabre and three lances) and two national flags are tied by a branch of laurel , as a symbol of triumph in war.
Political, social and economic crises have pushed millions of people out of their home countries across Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years. Over 7 million people have fled Venezuela ...
In the Flag of Venezuela, the yellow stands for land wealth, the blue for the sea that separates Venezuela from Spain, and the red for the blood shed by the heroes of independence. [70] Slavery in Venezuela was abolished in 1854. [69]