| United Nations Says Legislation Needed to Care for Mexicans of African Descent Matilde Perez Uribe - La Jornada | |
| go to original September 16, 2013 |
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Black and Latino (mun2tv)
Mexico is in need of legislation supporting the population of African descent and policies focused on caring for it, asserted Silvia Beatriz García Savino of the United Nations Program for Development. She also commented that in Latin America this population is made up of about 200 million people.
In the 17 Latin American countries, including Mexico, this population is the poorest, the least educated, and the one with the most trouble finding work due to their skin color. As explained in the National Afro-Mexican Forum, organized by the Chamber of Deputies and the National Afro-Mexican Collective, the goal is constitutional recognition.
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Translated by Thomas Mosley
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