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LATIN AMERICA: BLACK POPULATION - STILL LARGELY INVISIBLE.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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By Ra[pounds sterling]l Pierri

MONTEVIDEO, Sep. 30, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Making the contributions by black people to the cultural heritage of Latin America visible is one big step towards pulling people of African descent out of the poverty and marginalisation in which so many still live, said participants at a regional seminar in the Uruguayan capital.

Experts taking part in the seminar on "Afro-descendant Women and Latin American Culture: Identity and Development", sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), stressed the need to raise awareness about the region's black population and heritage.

"When you try to find data on the Afro-descendant population, it's very hard to do. There are no statistics to help us find out what is going on, no specific indicators on infant or maternal mortality rates, or nutrition, among blacks," UNDP regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean Rebeca Grynspan told...

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