Ecuador is named after the Equator, the imaginary line around the Earth that splits the country in two. Most of the country is in the Southern Hemisphere. The high Andes Mountains form the backbone of the country.

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Ecuador. Expresses the Spanish for Equator.

Their history, which encompasses the last 11,000 years, reaches into the present; 25 percent of Ecuador’s population is of indigenous heritage, while another 40 percent is of mixed indigenous and European heritage. …

Ecuadorians are the 10th-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, accounting for 1% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2017. Since 2000, the Ecuadorian-origin population has increased 174%, growing from 270,000 to 738,000 over the period.

Are you wondering what the difference is between the terms Hispanic and Latino? While Hispanic usually refers to people with a Spanish-language background, Latino is typically used to identify people who hail from Latin America.

But for most black Peruvians, who make up around 10% of Peru’s 29.5m population, there is little they can do to change their options. The majority are trapped in poverty and lack opportunities: Indigenous and African-descendants in Peru earn 40% less than mixed-race people, says Hugo Nopo.

The African diaspora in Peru goes back to 1527 with the arrival of the first black soldiers (ladinos, Hispanicized Africans) under Francisco Pizarro’s command. As part of imperial Spanish forays into imperial Inca lands, ladinos were used to conquer Peru’s indigenous peoples.

In 1821, General José de San Martín outlaws slave trade in Peru. Thus, two years after his death, will be removed from the constitution the principle of “emancipating soil” according to which a slave entering Peru is, de facto, made free. In 1854, President Ramón Castilla y Marquezado declared slavery abolished.

Peru, country in western South America.