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In November 2009, the Peruvian government issued an official apology to Peru's Afro-Peruvian people for centuries of racial injustice; it was the first such apology ever made by the government. [17] It was announced by Women's and Social Development Minister Nidia Vilchez , and initially published in the official newspaper El Peruano . [ 17 ]
The first black inhabitants were brought to Peru with the establishment of the Spanish Empire in the current Peruvian territories, who took them as slaves to work productive activities where a strong workforce was required, in the case of men, such as mining and agriculture, and women to work in the domestic service of the most affluent classes ...
Peruvian people of African descent (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "African diaspora in Peru" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Black Peruvians; A. Afro ...
Peru's football team in 1970; the ethnic diversity of Peruvians is visible, with players showing African, Amerindian and European ancestry in various mixes. Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the amalgamation of different cultures and ethnicities over thousands of years.
Afro-Peruvian man in El Carmen near Chincha. Some sources classified Afro-Peruvians around to 9% of the Peruvian population (2,850 million) [86] Over the course of the slave trade, approximately 95,000 slaves were brought into Peru, with the last group arriving in 1850. Today, Afro-Peruvians reside mainly on the central and south coasts.
In the two months since Peru's leftist former president Pedro Castillo was arrested, driven from office and replaced by his vice-president, Dina Boluarte, protests in the South American nation ...
Propped up against the rusty steel slats of the border wall, migrant families who hours before crossed the U.S.-Mexico border rest under tarps and tents and await Border Patrol officers. Some of ...
Pages in category "Peruvian people of African descent" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .