1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Afro-descendants of Latin America: Selected Resources Updated May 2, 2022 The United Nations (U.N.) estimates that approximately “200 million people identifying themselves as being of African descent live in the Americas.”
2、 Congress has long demonstrated interest in the status of Afro-descendants abroad as seen in legislation and hearings. Since 1993, the Department of State submits an annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices that includes a section on “National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities.” This CRS Insight focu
3、ses on resources that relate to the human rights of Afro-descendants of Latin America, including connections to socioeconomics, international organizations, and international declarations and conventions. This CRS Insight uses the umbrella term “Afro-descendant” rather than country-specific terms su
4、ch as “Afro-Cuban” or “Afro-Colombian,” or foreign language terms such as “moreno,” or “pardo.” The World Banks 2018 report Afro-descendants in Latin America: Toward a Framework of Inclusion details that the term “Afro-descendant” was “first adopted by regional Afro-descendant organizations in the e
