I have a friend who is from Panama (a black panamanian). He told me an issue that is hot in Latin America among blacks throughout the region is in that Brazil has a policy of sterilization of women particularly, Afro-Brazilians. When he told me this I did not believe him. I asked for proof. He said go on the internet. To my surprise there is much information on this issue, but it is dated back in the 1990's, nothing current. My question is this, if this is such a concern among blacks in latin countries how come this issue is not address to the United Nations. Are blacks that weak in latin American countries? His answer is that blacks are not as organized and have the same rebellious history as blacks in North America. I cannot buy that answer. Anyone else here heard of this issue. I find Brazil interesting in that being in South America as a large industrial nation it is similiar to the United States in some respects in terms of racial demographics. I would like to visit it one day. Maybe I could pass for a mulatto. Just kidding. The articles below date back to the 1990's. I'm still looking for something current. http://www.pangaea.org/street_children/latin/brazil1.htm http://www.newint.org/issue226/black.htm
There has been black slave revolts and rebellions in Brazil in their past especially in Bahia. I do not buy that black brazilians do not have a history of struggle against oppression. They do have the capacity to fight against wrongs. I stand by it.
