My main focus is the following: to exchange experiences regarding the struggle and visibility of the contributions of Africans and their descendants in the formation of Latin American nationalities ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Afro-descendants in Latin America have obtained important poverty-reduction gains over the past several years but more still must be done to achieve their full social and economic ...

People of African descent in Latin America have made significant progress in reducing their poverty, but much remains to be done to achieve social and economic inclusion in their respective countries, ...

If little is known about the presence of Africans in Mexico, less is known about the participation of Mandinga, Wolof, or Bantu women, among the many groups of African women who arrived in Mexico and ...

A new World Bank study reports that Afro-descendants have increased recognition in the region but that gaps persist in access to education and employment They are not the people who prepare cocktails ...

Entire communities of Latin American and Caribbean people here and abroad practice Jewish customs without knowing they may be, well, Jewish. Wendi James, a 25-year-old Lehman College student of ...