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Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Research by Henry Louis Gates and other sources regards their population to be around 1-2%. [2] [3] [4] They descended from: enslaved Africans by the Spanish, as well as those who were enslaved from the West Indies and identify as Creole peoples, and the Garifuna who descend from exiled zambo Maroons from Saint ...
The census states that only 89,000 people in Honduras labeled themselves as white, which is equal to around 1% of the total population at the time. [19] Another study has stated that around 210,000 people in Honduras fit this category, which would make the Honduran white population to be around 2.1%. [citation needed]
Central America is a subregion of the Americas [1] formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize.As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, and comprises the following countries (from north to south): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
The following article lists sovereign states, dependent territories and some quasi-states according to their proportional ethnic population composition. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries.
White Hondurans or white people from Honduras (colloquially called cheles), is a term used to refer to those Hondurans who are cataloged or considered as white people. However, the term white in Honduras similar to other Latin American countries is quite ambiguous, and some white people would not be classified as such in other countries.
Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Cubans, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Hondurans, Afro-Panamanians, Afro–Puerto Ricans, Afro-Colombians, Afro-Mexicans and other Latin Americans are from these African slaves. The first Africans brought to the New World arrived on the island of Hispaniola (now divided between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Brown pride is a movement primarily in the United States among mestizo Latin people to develop a positive self-image by embracing the idea of being brown as a form of pride. [31] Brown pride is a response to the racist or colorist narrative that white skin is more beautiful than brown skin. [ 31 ]
The Lenca people have a true connection with the rivers, land, and nature. Non-indigenous people of Honduras pushed the Lenca people to live in the mountains, causing a lot of resistance between the two groups. [7] Along with the remote living conditions, hydroelectric facilities and mining are becoming popular in Lenca’s territory.