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Montevideo, April 26th 2024 - 20:02 UTC

Tag: Afro-descendants

  • Monday, December 16th 2013 - 16:52 UTC

    UN research panel says 'institutionalized racism' persists in Brazil

    “To overcome the legacy of colonialism and slavery, the challenges Brazil faces are enormous”, said a UN reseracher

    Institutionalized racism persists in Brazil despite government efforts to tackle the issue, according to members of a United Nations panel examining conditions among black Brazilians in five cities. However Brazilian blacks ``still suffer from structural, institutional and interpersonal racism.''

  • Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:17 UTC

    OAS calls for respect and self determination for Indigenous Peoples

    Secretary General Insulza, ‘indigenous peoples among the most vulnerable groups’

    Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General José Miguel Insulza commemorated on Friday the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a call for the protection of the all native peoples of the Americas and urged the full implementation of treaties and other agreements that states have adopted internationally and especially in the Inter-American context.