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Are there people with AMERINDIAN ancestry in Uruguay,Argentina,Puerto Rico,Cuba,Caribbean or other places....?

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  1. Many parts of the Americas are populated by indigenous Americans, some countries with sizeable populations are Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia and Ecuador. At least a thousand different indigenous languages are spoken in the Americas and some like Quechua, Guaraní, Mayan languages and Nahuatl count their speakers in millions.

    Indigenous populations of the Americas

    as estimated percentage of total country's population:

    Country - Indigenous - Mestizos - total

    Argentina... 1.1%...... 3–15%... 4.1–16.1%

    Bolivia........ 55%....... 30%...... 85%

    Brazil......... 0.4%....... 30%..... 30.4%

    Chile.......... 5%.......... 65%..... 70%

    Colombia... 3.4%........ 82.1%...85.5%

    Costa Rica..1% ..........90%..... 91%

    Cuba..........1%........... 20%..... 21%

    Dominican Republic 1% 40–60% 41–61%

    Guatemala 40%......... 45%...... 85%

    Ecuador.... 25%......... 55%...... 80%

    El Salvador 1%.......... 90%....... 91%

    French Guiana,Guyana and Suriname

    .................. 5–20%... 15% .......20–35%

    Haiti.......... 0%........... 0%......... 0%

    Honduras... 7%.......... 90%........ 97%

    Jamaica..... 1%......... 5–20%..... 6–21%

    Mexico........ 30%...... 60%......... 72–90%

    Nicaragua.... 5%........ 69%......... 74%

    Panama....... 6%........ 70%..........76%

    Paraguay..... 5%........ 93.3%...... 98.3%

    Peru............ 45%...... 37%......... 82%

    Puerto Rico.. 0.4%..... 61.2%...... 61.6%

    Venezuela.... 2%........ 49%......... 51%

    Uruguay....... 0% ........8%........... 8%

    Mestizos (Spaniard + Amerindian = mestizo): In general, the countries believed to have a majority mestizo population today are Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, and Paraguay. In Bolivia and Peru, mestizos form the second largest group. In Venezuela, they are nearly half the population.

    In Puerto Rico, the largest components are Taino, European, and the smallest being African. The Taino element is considered to be the foundation of Puerto Rico's ancestral society.

    In Argentina and Uruguay, the mestizo population form a small minority of 8% to 3% of the population


  2. Yes.

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