Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. hands held out In a striking metamorphosis, Argentina has become synonymous with whiteness in South America. The country reported ...

The complex and powerful history of Afro-Argentinians is getting its long-overdue visibility through a new tour experience. Lunfarda Travel, a woman-owned tour company in Buenos Aires, is leveraging ...

Calvin College Spanish professor Ed Miller is working to bring forgotten 19 th century Afro-Argentine newspapers to the public through a web archive. At the time the newspapers were written, the ...

It wasn’t until Julia Cohen Ribeiro moved to Argentina that she discovered she was Black. Her hair was curly, but her skin was light. She had never identified as anything other than Brazilian in her ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Their disappearance is one of Argentina’s most enduring mysteries. In 1810, black residents accounted for about 30 percent of the population of Buenos Aires. By 1887, however ...

2005-11-27 04:00:00 PDT Buenos Aires-- Maria Lamadrid, an Afro-Argentine, vividly recalls the day when her country's immigration authorities prevented her from boarding a plane for Panama, demanding ...

Some people are unaware of Argentina’s dark history—the disappearance of the Black and Afro-Argentinian populace. According to research by McNair Scholar Erika Denise Edwards, Argentina’s 1836 census ...

BUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — It wasn’t until Julia Cohen Ribeiro moved to Argentina that she discovered she was Black. Her hair was curly, but her skin was light. She had never ...