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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 .
When the Venezuelan War of Independence started, the Spanish enlisted the Llaneros, playing on their dislike of the criollos of the independence movement. During this time, José Tomás Boves led an army of llaneros which routinely killed white Venezuelans. After several more years of war, the country achieved independence from Spain in 1821. [1]
In October 2018, a Venezuelan was lynched in Ciudad Bolívar, after being connected to the kidnapping of children through fake WhatsApp chains. At least 200 citizens participated in the lynching using stones, sticks and machetes. After this, two Venezuelans were about to be lynched in the same place and two other migrants were beaten in ...
Some Venezuelans can be removed from the U.S. by land — under a 2023 deal, Mexico agreed to take back up to 30,000 migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua and Cuba monthly.
412 people have been murdered in Chicago so far in 2024 but she said less, not more, is being done to curb black-on-black violence. “I can’t even reach nobody at City Hall or anywhere else ...
A Venezuelan family gets ready for bed in their apartment amid a time when, despite having legal documentation to reside in the U.S., they fear possible deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
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.
Over 7 million people have fled Venezuela alone, according to the United Nations. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have come to the U.S.-Mexico border since 2021. Customs and Border Protection ...