Black Peruvians: Difference between revisions

In November 2009, the [[Government of Peru|Peruvian government]] issued an official apology to Peru's Afro-Peruvian people for centuries of racial injustice; it was the first such apology ever made by the government.<ref name=AP /> It was announced by [[Ministry of Women and Social Development (Peru)|Women's and Social Development]] Minister [[Nidia Vilchez]], and initially published in the official newspaper ''[[El Peruano]]''.<ref name=AP>{{cite news| url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hW37kFIs4rdPSoSZaoyVZoD__UJAD9C8NAP80| title=Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses| date=November 29, 2009| agency=Associated Press| access-date=2 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The apology said:<ref name=AFP>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/life/Afro+Peruvians+government+apology+abuse/2282603/story.html |title=Afro-Peruvians get government apology for abuse |date=November 29, 2009 |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]] |access-date=2 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210220316/http://www.canada.com/life/Afro%2BPeruvians%2Bgovernment%2Bapology%2Babuse/2282603/story.html |archive-date=10 December 2009 }}</ref> {{blockquote|We extend a historical apology to Afro-Peruvian people for the abuse, exclusion and discrimination perpetrated against them since the colonial era until the present.}}