Racial Makeup of Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and More!)

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2017
  • Today, we're going to discuss the diverse racial makeup of all of the Central American countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. I'm going to explain the history behind each country, and how that's contributed to the people living there in the modern day.
    Hoy vamos a discutir la diversidad racial de todos los países centroamericanos de Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua y Panamá. Voy a explicar la historia detrás de cada país, y cómo eso ha contribuido a las personas que viven allí en los días modernos.
    Hablo un poco de español, pero no muy bien.
    Let me know your thoughts on the awesome countries of Central America in the comments down below!
    Thanks for watching!
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  • @elmascavidal1797
    @elmascavidal1797 6 лет назад +476

    Much respect to Central America 🇧🇿🇨🇷🇸🇻🇬🇹🇭🇳🇵🇦🇳🇮💪🏼

    • @darkfleshchildofthesun9720
      @darkfleshchildofthesun9720 6 лет назад +7

      El masca Vidal
      Thank You !

    • @elsalvadorcountryballguy8566
      @elsalvadorcountryballguy8566 5 лет назад +8

      El masca Vidal yea boiiiiiiii 🇸🇻🇭🇳🇬🇹🇳🇮🇨🇷🇧🇿🇵🇦❤️💪🏻⚽️🥅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸

    • @sweetdeadlygyallala805
      @sweetdeadlygyallala805 5 лет назад +1

      🇧🇿❤💙❤🇧🇿😍😍🙌🏿🙌🏿🖤⚪💛

    • @PLefevre95
      @PLefevre95 5 лет назад +2

      El masca Vidal 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

    • @klabumalami6699
      @klabumalami6699 5 лет назад +6

      and there are a lots of gringos at there....

  • @madea1015
    @madea1015 6 лет назад +250

    I'm Salvadoran and we eat Fried Chicken with Pupusas and Plantains

  • @Windsingerful
    @Windsingerful 7 лет назад +137

    You totally skipped Nicaragua! Besides that, very interesting to learn a bit about this part of the world.

  • @Fernandez3073
    @Fernandez3073 7 лет назад +348

    Belize and Honduras have a large population of African descendants . I'm garifuna .

    • @mecha1gold
      @mecha1gold 7 лет назад +24

      marvin fernandez Sorry but i feel that that is not the case in Honduras, it is rare for me to see afro-honduran people exept in the north coast in their garifuna cominities... i think they are a minority here.

    • @Fernandez3073
      @Fernandez3073 7 лет назад +56

      We are 7 percent of the population. Yes the majority of afro honduran live in the atlantic coast of Honduras but there is also huge polulation in san pedro sula and the capital Tegucigalpa.

    • @Fernandez3073
      @Fernandez3073 7 лет назад +21

      Luis R. Si naci en Honduras pero he vivido casi toda mi vida fuera de el pais Yo se que la mayoria de los afros Homdureños viven en la costa norte. Y un gran porcentaje a migrado a estados unidos por ejenple nueva york tiene mas de un millon de afro hondureño wue residen ayi . Pero tambien hay populaciones grande en la ciudad de san pedro sula y Tegucigallpa.y tambienotras ciudades industriales de Hondura s.

    • @johnrutz2818
      @johnrutz2818 6 лет назад +3

      marvin fernandez thats soo true. I,found that recently

    • @theonlykaylina4165
      @theonlykaylina4165 6 лет назад +12

      gotta love the garifuna’s 💘

  • @redspidera0679
    @redspidera0679 4 года назад +47

    Thank you for taking time to make this!! I get to know more about my fellow Central Americans!! Proud Salvi here!🙋🏻🇸🇻

  • @Sosa___000
    @Sosa___000 6 лет назад +47

    2:35 in the 1980s many people moved to El Salvador to The United States because of their civil war

    • @jonathanprime1507
      @jonathanprime1507 4 года назад +3

      @@anthonyandteresa9880 hes saying many people moved from El Salvador to the US because the Salvadorian Civil War happened in the 1980's

    • @sirena11
      @sirena11 3 года назад

      Yes, unfortunately! 🙄

    • @saucer1017
      @saucer1017 3 года назад +1

      Yeah like my Grandparents

    • @solomongrundy6806
      @solomongrundy6806 3 года назад +1

      And much of today's migration north is because of the product of that conflict. A conflict in Central America due to the Cold War.

  • @EB-xh6ii
    @EB-xh6ii 5 лет назад +172

    you forgot Nicaragua. Also, there is a shit-ton of people of Arab descent in Honduras and El Salvador, pretty interesting fact.

    • @kcthefree5976
      @kcthefree5976 4 года назад +5

      mostly from the levant

    • @waldourbina1258
      @waldourbina1258 4 года назад +1

      So true

    • @Cosmickittyyy
      @Cosmickittyyy 4 года назад +11

      That’s true. I’m half Salvadorean and in my dna results I have Iranian/ Persian/ middle eastern DNA

    • @akashaka8737
      @akashaka8737 4 года назад +7

      Yeah my grandfather is from El Salvador and he is 1/2 Palestinian and 1/2 Indigenous.

    • @raulantunez4228
      @raulantunez4228 4 года назад +2

      Really? I’m Honduran and I have only seen one person with Arab ancestors.

  • @audielamayaestrada3083
    @audielamayaestrada3083 4 года назад +52

    Donde estan a mi gente de 🇬🇹🇭🇳🇸🇻🇳🇮🇨🇷?

  • @diegop622
    @diegop622 7 лет назад +164

    I'm Mexican and I got a DNA test and it said I am 79.7% Native Central American and I was shocked at first because I didn't expect such a high number but now I embrace being indigenous to the Americas, I'm guessing it's a mix of Mexica(Aztec) and Mayan blood and I feel very happy to be that

    • @kevinrendon8397
      @kevinrendon8397 7 лет назад +25

      Diego Perez your ancestors were probably from southern Mexico

    • @citlalie9791
      @citlalie9791 7 лет назад +4

      Congrats :)

    • @diegop622
      @diegop622 7 лет назад +1

      Huitzilli thanks

    • @Galbanolli
      @Galbanolli 6 лет назад +16

      Was it myheritage? That is very wrong. “Central American” is not a race and they mix your Spanish and Indigenous dna into that. Try transferring it to dna.land and gedmatch for better results. I got over 60% there and 32-39% everywhere else for Native and 54-63% European and 2-7% African. Trust me MyHeritage is the worst place for your dna information for a Latino/a. I’m Guatemalan.

    • @johnrutz2818
      @johnrutz2818 6 лет назад +5

      Diego P Mexicans are Native Americans? wow thats awesome.

  • @sixtoalvarez2199
    @sixtoalvarez2199 4 года назад +16

    Thanks for the video it is so amazing to learn that we have so many cultures in Central America. I am from El Salvador and I love my little country.

  • @ghostghost7067
    @ghostghost7067 5 лет назад +2

    @masaman another fascinating and well researched video, thank you so much!

  • @ThePhilosopher-ww6jt
    @ThePhilosopher-ww6jt 6 лет назад +2

    This was very informative and interesting. I like your attention to detail and how you explain the history of these countries.

  • @Masaman
    @Masaman  7 лет назад +82

    Let me know your thoughts on the awesome countries of Central America! Thanks!
    ¡Déjeme saber sus pensamientos en los países impresionantes de América Central! ¡Gracias!

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +6

      Sorry the videos have been taking so long lately guys. Now that exams are over, I'll have much more time for research, recording, and editing!

    • @gopherlee9427
      @gopherlee9427 7 лет назад +4

      Masaman can you make a video on how Jewish is an ethnoreligion or whatever it's called. There are only a few religion like that.

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +4

      Gopher Lee Yeah Gopher Lee. I'm working on the research for several videos right now, and that's one of them.

    • @Masixoxo
      @Masixoxo 7 лет назад +2

      Nice video, it's nice to see a young men doing such educational videos.saludos a todos Los Nicas y Matagalpinos.

    • @HeedzWorld
      @HeedzWorld 7 лет назад +4

      Masaman you got a lot of things right about belize but you got the black diaspora wrong. It's divided between Garifuna and creole population. And the Garifuna ethnic group stretches from the southern coast of belize, stann Creek to a part of Nicaragua.

  • @davidjoura644
    @davidjoura644 5 лет назад +52

    I have a Spanish last name just like almost everyone else in Guatemala and I though my DNA was Native american and Spanish, but it says that I am 30% native 60% European from Portuguese/German/Spanish/Scottish. 10% African from Angola.

    • @fmango
      @fmango Год назад

      I think this is because the later waves of European inmigration had people from everywhere, not just Spaniards and Italians.

  • @ArunaKhudan
    @ArunaKhudan 6 лет назад +2

    Love your videos. The history of where everyone came from is fascinating

  • @criticalthinker2515
    @criticalthinker2515 6 лет назад +1

    Your research is very thorough and consistent with verifiable information. Excellent analysis!

  • @eal1404belize
    @eal1404belize 7 лет назад +42

    being from Belize, i think the video was well put together. Belize has a lot more ethnic groups and Guatemala still is claiming half the country internationally.. good factual information

    • @lopezlion3164
      @lopezlion3164 7 лет назад +2

      Eldo Lopez What part of Belize are you from? I see we share the same surname.

    • @eal1404belize
      @eal1404belize 7 лет назад +1

      I am from the city, but family came from San Pedro Ambergris

    • @alcastle8480
      @alcastle8480 7 лет назад +7

      Eldo Lopez I hope Guatemala gets Belize back.

    • @eal1404belize
      @eal1404belize 7 лет назад +7

      Maybe Mexico should take Guatemala back, it already did Chiapas

    • @riccardoenrike19
      @riccardoenrike19 6 лет назад +1

      Just like the USA got California and the rest of the southwest.

  • @CarmenMendezEferadale
    @CarmenMendezEferadale 6 лет назад +24

    I'm so happy to have found this video. It gives an insight on my genetic identity. My grandpa on my mom side is black and from Belize and my grandma is mestizo from Guatemala. And my dad is more of a lighter skinned Guatemala but (the call themselves Spanish) mestizo either way. The video was very informative.

    • @mellowvision3565
      @mellowvision3565 4 года назад

      They all wish they were White--- Poor souls... lol...

    • @genius0173
      @genius0173 3 года назад +2

      You are basically proud Guatemalan. Guatemala fpr centuries has been so rich in gold, silver, jade, nickel and such beautiful landscape. From 1925 to 1984 the Guatemalan Quetzal was one of the strongest currencies in the World paired with the french franc, US Dollar and above the Swiss Franc. Guatemala must recover its territory of Belice. Hugs !

  • @catherineflores3491
    @catherineflores3491 6 лет назад

    I am really enjoying your videos! Thank you for the information!

  • @sunglassshinpan1352
    @sunglassshinpan1352 5 лет назад +4

    Masaman's vids never get old; and, they are a treasure trove of research materiał!!

  • @aphexdeath2592
    @aphexdeath2592 7 лет назад +26

    Cool video as always. Gonna discuss this with my half Guatemalan half Honduran buddy. He recently went on a trip to Honduras.

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +3

      Aphex Death Thanks! I have a few friends from that area and they are every color you can think of.

    • @aphexdeath2592
      @aphexdeath2592 7 лет назад +1

      Masaman Yeah my friends name is Otto a German name and is pretty white.

    • @jeancarlosartist
      @jeancarlosartist 6 лет назад

      Aphex Death he's 100% Central American!

    • @kieakewii
      @kieakewii 6 лет назад

      Where would you recommend to go?

  • @cooliebwoy4175
    @cooliebwoy4175 7 лет назад +8

    great video, I wanted to hear about bluefields in Nicaragua.

    • @fridocalifornia6276
      @fridocalifornia6276 6 лет назад +1

      Anthropologists and geneticists are stopping using the word “race”. Sub-Saharan Africans and aborigines Australians looks very similar but their genes are the most distance from all regions.
      I was born in Bluefields, in Nicaragua's Caribbean coast (Founded by Dutch pirate Blauvelt). The majority are Africans mixed with native American, German, British, Dutch, Middle Eastern and Chinese. Main language is English (not Spanish) and most are members of the Moravian Church (bought by Germans from Moravia). My ancestry according to my DNA is: 20% South-Central European, 13% Native American, 13% Spanish, 10% North Africa,10% Ashkenazi jew, 10% Levantine, 7% Senegal, 3% Somalia, 5% Caucasus, 5% Iranian, 3% Irish.
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  • @AbeDallas68
    @AbeDallas68 6 лет назад +1

    Your videos are awesome very informative keep it up

  • @matthewcupelli5901
    @matthewcupelli5901 7 лет назад +5

    I like tee quality and research you put into your videos. You earned a sub.

    • @RobertRod818
      @RobertRod818 4 года назад

      His research has many errors

  • @mi-moon_
    @mi-moon_ 7 лет назад +9

    Again, wonderful video, very instructive, you must spend hours to make them, it's very impressive. Suggestion for another video : The Creoles of Louisiana. I've always been fascinated by them and their culture.

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +2

      Thanks for the support Melissa. To be honest most of the information in the video I can recall from memory, but it normally does take about half a day of research to check everything.
      I will be sure to add it to the list, as it seems like a good idea! btw, thanks for the idea on Middle East and North Africa, it's quickly becoming one of my most popular videos.

  • @invainisnosanity
    @invainisnosanity 5 лет назад +12

    Thank you so much for this! my mom's parents died and have no recollection of honduran history and my only living grandparent left his home at the age of 11. Unfortunately my family experienced extreme poverty and most of the family did not have a parent raise them because of death. Thank you for the video!! :)

  • @alikathiphopoprah5507
    @alikathiphopoprah5507 3 года назад

    Dope video..thx for ur work

  • @efrap7275
    @efrap7275 5 лет назад +2

    que bueno que haya un interés por las diferentes culturas de centro america

  • @cobravenon5493
    @cobravenon5493 6 лет назад +3

    im from el salvador Awsome video thank you

  • @lopezlion3164
    @lopezlion3164 7 лет назад +16

    I'm from Placencia, Belize. The picture of the beach you showed around 4:08 is literally a 30 minute walk away from my house. It's clearly an older picture because it looks alot different now.

    • @milonga_
      @milonga_ 3 года назад

      Different in a good way?

    • @alexixoxo4416
      @alexixoxo4416 2 года назад

      @@milonga_ lol. different in a modern typa way

  • @omgreensexpress5396
    @omgreensexpress5396 3 года назад +2

    fascinating place with beautiful natural sceneries and lots of admixtures producing beautiful people..would love to visit one day..i just love mixed people

  • @LuchoFerro
    @LuchoFerro 6 лет назад

    Awesome videos. Keep up the good work!. Regards from Panama.

  • @bongdonkey
    @bongdonkey 7 лет назад +6

    I really dig Masaman's videos!If you're into Anthropology ,they are solid!

  • @creex7118
    @creex7118 7 лет назад +9

    Great information! The information on Belize was very informative, as I'm looking at this country for retirement. Thanks for the video, and keep up the great work.

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +3

      Cree X Thanks! I can tell you, the best beaches I've ever seen have been in Belize and Roatan (but I live in Texas, so that's not saying much.) Bring yourself a sweat rag for sure though.

    • @creex7118
      @creex7118 7 лет назад +1

      I'm in Texas too, so I know what you mean.

    • @bennomedina-quinsella4763
      @bennomedina-quinsella4763 6 лет назад +1

      Cree X...First you should check their level of medical services delivery...nothing "fun" about dying in your condo because the nearest hospital is 500 miles away...

  • @CASPER-JAY
    @CASPER-JAY 5 лет назад +2

    LOVE UR WORK MAN.

  • @emanuelleon4863
    @emanuelleon4863 7 лет назад +3

    Nice video, it's very difficult to find RUclips channels like yours

  • @stacyalmendarezortiz9980
    @stacyalmendarezortiz9980 7 лет назад +40

    Thank you for making this video! I am Nicaraguan with Native DNA, European (leaning slightly more towards native) and African. When I explain that I am of native descent people look at me funny. But this video explains it!

    • @miguelmejia4656
      @miguelmejia4656 6 лет назад +4

      don't ever fucking let people tell you where you're from. if they don't believe you just lie to them.

    • @josecaraballo6326
      @josecaraballo6326 6 лет назад +4

      Stacy Almendarez Ortiz ?????? Why you look like a native to me, or you just want the sympathy

    • @cecegiles7753
      @cecegiles7753 5 лет назад +1

      Stacy Almendarez Ortiz Well that's what Latino people are.....a mixture of white,black, and Indian.

    • @SteezyRedStars
      @SteezyRedStars 4 года назад +2

      Same. I'm mestizo but I don't look Native enough for Amerindians nor white enough for Europeans 🤷‍♂️

    • @elenareyes3261
      @elenareyes3261 2 года назад

      You are more mixed that’s why I think they look, but I can see the Amerindian influence.

  • @makimoments
    @makimoments 7 лет назад +116

    you deserve way more subscribers!!!

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +14

      Thank you!!! The subscribers are slowly but steadily coming in!

    • @makimoments
      @makimoments 7 лет назад +2

      bringerofrage typo 😂 i meant more

    • @joshualopez152
      @joshualopez152 6 лет назад

      makimoments i love you 😶

  • @tommycazador7718
    @tommycazador7718 3 года назад +2

    Pura vida my dude we'll see you in your next video

  • @abrahimvr
    @abrahimvr 3 года назад +1

    Really good information. Great job. I’m from El Salvador 🇸🇻

  • @pgbk87
    @pgbk87 7 лет назад +70

    Belize has TWO main Afro-descendant populations. One of them are Kriols or Creoles who vary in African, European and to a lesser extent Native ancestry, and have COLONIAL ties with only SMALL foreign immigration from Jamaicans and Barbadians (NOT Trinidad).
    The other are the Garinagu or Garifunas who are predominantly African but with around 20% admixture from native Caribbean people (Caribs, Arawaks, taino-related people). They came to Belize from 1802 - 1832 after being EXILED from St. Vincent & the Grenadines via Roatan, Honduras.

    • @savyskunk6683
      @savyskunk6683 3 года назад

      Black aren't natives

    • @savyskunk6683
      @savyskunk6683 3 года назад +1

      I want to talk about abusement towards the natives from African decent it not talk about alot

    • @Guirolon
      @Guirolon 2 года назад

      News flash, both groups are African in culture. No Native American would confuse a Garifuna with a Tribesman.

    • @pgbk87
      @pgbk87 2 года назад +3

      @@Guirolon doesn't matter. You wouldn't confuse most Kriols for Garifunas. Kriol vary a lot, but average around 60% African and most of the rest European, with some Native. This is closer to "mulatto" range than West African looking. Garifunas are around 80-85% African, which means that their native ancestry doesn't have much a phenotypical impact on their looks. It's like Puerto Ricans who are racial mixed, but look phenotypically "white".

    • @pgbk87
      @pgbk87 2 года назад

      @@savyskunk6683 can you elaborate?

  • @BaileyBlurbs
    @BaileyBlurbs 6 лет назад +30

    Black Panamanians have a lot of cultural connection to the Caribbean as well

    • @rberding
      @rberding 6 лет назад +3

      True. Most live in Colon and Bocas del Toro.

    • @juanacastillo1772
      @juanacastillo1772 5 лет назад

      TheBlurbs D. Not only cultural, their family roots are Caribbean

    • @Sophy2001
      @Sophy2001 5 лет назад

      Yes mainly from Jamaica and Barbados, they were brought by the Americans (U.S) to finish the Panama canal that the French started, and the majority of them settled in the province of Colon.

    • @afromoreno7460
      @afromoreno7460 5 лет назад

      Vcorr what you think they are

  • @hisstory3226
    @hisstory3226 Год назад +1

    I would love a longer video ❤️🙌

  • @ladyville3
    @ladyville3 5 лет назад +1

    You always do a good job with these videos.

  • @ElPointbreaker
    @ElPointbreaker 6 лет назад +146

    Panama has more of a Caribbean-South American culture. Food, accents, music , political history - it has far more in common with coastal Colombians and with Venezuelans. Even more in common with Cuba, Dominican Rep, and Puerto Rico, than say with Costa Rica even.

    • @josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056
      @josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056 6 лет назад +18

      Panamá was taken away from Colombia from the U. S. to make the Channel, so if you look why these countries are all divided, go to see historical facts, and the one behind all this is the U. S.

    • @ElPointbreaker
      @ElPointbreaker 6 лет назад +4

      Yes, the USA was instrumental in Panama's break with Colombia, but it's a long shot blaming the USA for all the differences latin American countries have with each other. Panama historically always answered to a Viceroy in South America, and had much more contact with other trade-route cities, such as Habana, San Juan, Cartagena, Sto Domingo, Maracaibo, and also LIma, than it did with the say Costa Rica or Honduras, that answered to a Viceroy in Guatelamala or thereabouts. Perhaps more contact with "US culture" than other latin american countries has had more affect on some countries than others, but not by a long shot is it because of the USA that Costa Rican spoken-spanish and culture is very different from Panamanian spoken-spanish and culture. ( or PR differencs with say Mexico or any other latin american spanish-speaking nation) Panamanians felt 'Panamanian' from long before the break with Colombia in 1903. Panama broke with Spain and voluntarily joined the union of Gran Colombia ( Venezuela, Colombia, and i think Ecuador)

    • @mecanopasensa660
      @mecanopasensa660 5 лет назад +2

      Where you leave, Spain? and USA PANAMA base?

    • @507edwards
      @507edwards 5 лет назад +2

      @@josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056 Panama was a free territory when we join to Gran Colombia. Panama only was a colombian terrotory for 82 years.

    • @Nutty151
      @Nutty151 5 лет назад +7

      Also, the Black and Mestizo populations are switched. Panama is more like 70% Black and 14% Mestizo. I'm Panamanian so I know.

  • @cuzkoos452
    @cuzkoos452 7 лет назад +25

    I've been to all of Central America exept for Panama!

  • @lindamicki0509
    @lindamicki0509 6 лет назад

    I just love your videos.

  • @BaileyBlurbs
    @BaileyBlurbs 6 лет назад +1

    Love this video!! Love being Panamanian and costs rican

  • @EduardoMartinez-mn8gs
    @EduardoMartinez-mn8gs 6 лет назад +12

    I enjoyed the video! I just want to mention another significant Amerindian group that you left out in Nicaragua known as the Mangue or Chorotegas. The name of Nicaragua actually comes from a Mangue chief of the same name.

  • @gilc.880
    @gilc.880 6 лет назад +94

    Proud to be Costa Rican and grateful to have a great neighbor/sibling like Panama

    • @sr.danelet4911
      @sr.danelet4911 6 лет назад +24

      Panamanian here. We love you Tico brothers.

    • @daniboy2982
      @daniboy2982 4 года назад +11

      Hola Tico! Panama love to our Tico hermanos.

    • @anthonyfishyliketilipia
      @anthonyfishyliketilipia 4 года назад +7

      Costa Rican here!

    • @monstruoverxeeede6239
      @monstruoverxeeede6239 4 года назад +4

      nicaragua?

    • @joelolwertz5894
      @joelolwertz5894 3 года назад +6

      @@monstruoverxeeede6239 Apparently, he is not grateful to have you as a neighbor. The rest of Central America loves you Nicas+

  • @dariorodriguez7759
    @dariorodriguez7759 6 лет назад

    I loved your video 😍😍

  • @ailynherrera1668
    @ailynherrera1668 6 лет назад +1

    Great vid! Am Salvadoran!thank you

  • @jennahaskins6581
    @jennahaskins6581 5 лет назад +8

    Didn’t say anything about Nicaragua but very informative!

  • @plniosilva1992
    @plniosilva1992 6 лет назад +111

    Nicaragua just gets skipped

    • @bejeezus3818
      @bejeezus3818 6 лет назад +7

      Hey I'm Salvadoran, do alot of Nicaraguans have Portuguese last names? I took a DNA test and I match people from Nicaragua that have Portuguese last names, I find it very interesting. My test also said I was more Portuguese than Spaniard.

    • @jeancarlosartist
      @jeancarlosartist 6 лет назад +9

      Bejeezus Almost all of Central Americans are descendants of slaves. Whichever last name our masters gave us matters little to me as far as DNA is concerned.

    • @bejeezus3818
      @bejeezus3818 6 лет назад +4

      jean moreno True, I'm about 6% West African. I have a scalp problem called acne keloidalis nuchae which according to Google is found mostly African men and Hispanic/Latinos that carry African ancestry like me.

    • @jeancarlosartist
      @jeancarlosartist 6 лет назад +3

      Bejeezus Is the 6% West African an estimate or did you do a test? I haven't done a test, but estimate myself to be about 15% African (I'm also Guanaco).

    • @bejeezus3818
      @bejeezus3818 6 лет назад +3

      jean moreno I did 23andMe and AncestryDNA. Ancestry had me at 2% Senegal, 2% Mali, 2% Africa Southeastern Bantu, 1% Ivory/ Coast Ghana, and 2% North Africa. 23andMe had me at 4.9% Sub-Saharan African, and 2.6% North African and Arabian. North African and Arabian I guess you shouldn't count, so between both test about 6% Sub-Saharan African.

  • @mellowvision3565
    @mellowvision3565 4 года назад

    You nailed it Mista...

  • @danny9732
    @danny9732 5 лет назад +26

    Us Nicaraguans are always forgotten and left out 😔

    • @gabelopez657
      @gabelopez657 4 года назад +5

      I remember you guys....Viva los Nicas. From an american Chapin!

    • @Nutty151
      @Nutty151 3 года назад

      Because Guatemala/Honduras/El Salvador have the similar Maya heritage which the rest of Central American countries including Nicaragua lack.

    • @elleelle1888
      @elleelle1888 3 года назад

      @@Nutty151 so what does Nicaragua have?

    • @Nutty151
      @Nutty151 3 года назад

      @@elleelle1888 Uhm...other different tribes? The Maya sphere of influence didn't extend that far in Pre-Columbian times. Into Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, or beyond.

    • @gxramirez
      @gxramirez 3 года назад

      aww 🥺

  • @sanosuken7372
    @sanosuken7372 7 лет назад +6

    Some Central American countries share a common border, meaning that no matter which nationality you are from you can freely cross the border between countries similar to what it is in the EU. Also, when it comes to international trade, Central American nations won't do a separate deal but rather as a whole block.

  • @christ8860
    @christ8860 6 лет назад +7

    Very interesting video this is something that I would like to see happen in my lifetime the unification of Central America being that my dad is from Honduras and my mom is from El Salvador And my wife's parents from Guatemala. It Would make it a lot easier to root for one soccer team And not offend another😂😂😂

  • @marqui947
    @marqui947 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for a very important information and documentation of my people in Central America. Because that's what we are. The real people from America.

  • @Jabutts623
    @Jabutts623 7 лет назад

    Mason, I really enjoy your videos & voice. I especially
    Iiked this video. So informative. Wondering if it was made for a school project?

  • @diabloed3909
    @diabloed3909 6 лет назад +86

    I'm Nicaraguan and Italian we eat fried plantains with our spaghetti 🍌🍝🤔

    • @landonstreet919
      @landonstreet919 6 лет назад +2

      ey man i'm distantly greek ey

    • @riszyristo174
      @riszyristo174 6 лет назад +3

      Diablo Ed imma try that thanks for the idea

    • @piratecandy6310
      @piratecandy6310 6 лет назад +1

      I'll have to try that

    • @draoidh6479
      @draoidh6479 6 лет назад +2

      Diablo Ed yep, I'm also from Nicaragua Haha, but I hate spaghetti. And yes fried plantain is delicious.

    • @guayito7440
      @guayito7440 6 лет назад +3

      I am nica too my dad's favorite meal was spagettI with pigfeet! And tajadas on the side.

  • @BurritoMassacre
    @BurritoMassacre 6 лет назад +23

    Great video! Honduran here!

    • @johnjr4920
      @johnjr4920 3 года назад

      Belizean here! Shout out to Honduras beautiful!

  • @OQUINN83
    @OQUINN83 5 лет назад

    Outstanding reporting sir!

  • @cleliahinojosa5487
    @cleliahinojosa5487 6 лет назад

    Very good!.you know my country

  • @iciyaboo8245
    @iciyaboo8245 6 лет назад +11

    Love this video,Honduran from Roatan Isla de la Bahia(living in Miami fla for the last 30yrs) my family has been there for yrs I'm thinking the native side maybe centuries the European n African since the 1840s mainly from Cayman islands# proud n strong!(my ancestry dna results shows I'm racially mix with exactly African ,Europ,and Native😊

    • @stormhorn7003
      @stormhorn7003 5 лет назад

      Though I was raised raised in Florida , I am proud to have Honduran blood

    • @notsoturtle5315
      @notsoturtle5315 4 года назад

      @Sebastian Benitez they don't as an African they don't look africam

  • @joaquinescoto7108
    @joaquinescoto7108 5 лет назад +14

    You missed to talk about Chinese descendants in Panama and Nicaragua, German and Italians descendants in Nicaragua, Middle Easterns in Honduras and Nicaragua, and Jews all over Central America.

    • @stephencoleman3578
      @stephencoleman3578 4 года назад +1

      I met a Chinese family in California, they only spoke Spanish and were from Honduras. The city of Tela has a separate Chinese cemetery that is pretty much forgotten and overgrown. Most of the Middle Easterners I met in Honduras were Lebanese or Turkish.

    • @gxramirez
      @gxramirez 3 года назад

      also palestinians and italians in 🇸🇻 el salvador

    • @familyandfriends3519
      @familyandfriends3519 8 месяцев назад

      Go back to Germany

  • @philphillips1517
    @philphillips1517 3 года назад

    Quite fair video !

  • @Simmexoxo
    @Simmexoxo 5 лет назад +2

    I’m so glad you mentioned Roatan and the rest of the Bay Islands. We are so often overlooked. I feel like many overlook us Creole/Caracol populations who have a different culture than Garifunas.

    • @lopezlion3164
      @lopezlion3164 Год назад

      I'm from Belize. I have heard stories of my ancestors with the surname "Leslie" coming from Roatan.

    • @The1ByTheSea
      @The1ByTheSea Год назад

      Before the Bay Islands became part of Honduras .The Creole culture of the Bay Islands was more similar to that of neighboring black Caribbean English speaking islands . As well as Creole culture on San Andres and Providencia . Belize has more Creoles and a Garífuna minority.The Honduras coast has Garífuna culture .The culture of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica:Limon ,etc is more Creole : Jamaican ;as well as the Creole who were brought to Panama to build the Panama Canal: Jamaican and to a lesser extend people from Barbados .

  • @jrdardonl
    @jrdardonl 6 лет назад +4

    The only comment that I have to mention concerns about the, possibly unintentional, biased approach about the events occurred in Guatemala between the early sixties until now. Those involved political, economical and sociological complexities that underpassed the frame exposed in this infographic material. I highly recommend the works of Francisco Villagrán Kramer, Héctor Gramajo, Ramiro Ordóñez-Jonama, Rachel M. McCleary, David Stoll, Carlos Sabino, Hugo Maúl, Steve Hecht and Dan Hagerdorn, amongst others. By the way, congratulations by the effort! By making such kind of synthesis about a region so diverse like Central American I must declare my personal recognition.

  • @MNRAJ3X
    @MNRAJ3X 7 лет назад +5

    do a Video about Indo Caribbeans people need to know we exsist!

  • @rlicon1970
    @rlicon1970 6 лет назад

    Good short video

  • @inferno0020
    @inferno0020 4 года назад

    I recently have an idea about creating a short story about the border patrols in an Alternate timeline of USA (CSA?) and I am looking for inspiration from your clips

  • @swineflu3186
    @swineflu3186 7 лет назад +5

    Good breakdown of each country. My grandma is actually from Costa Rica. Can you do a video on India next? My wife is from India.

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  7 лет назад +7

      Thanks. Funny enough, I actually planned on making a video over North India vs. South India next!

    • @Samchocolate11
      @Samchocolate11 6 лет назад

      Masaman Can you do one about Bangladesh please?
      Apparently they have both South Asian Dravidian along with the more East Asian Mongol ancestry and appearance.

  • @thedee4137
    @thedee4137 6 лет назад +17

    Guatemala ain't over it, Masaman. We just had a referendum to decide if we should send it to the International Court of Justice to fix the issue. 96 percent of Guatemalans voted yes.

    • @jbarnes4271
      @jbarnes4271 4 года назад

      Belizeans do know want to be a part of Guatemala.

    • @thedee4137
      @thedee4137 4 года назад +3

      @@jbarnes4271 Well, seeing as the country was formed in land that belonged to Guatemala, there isn't much choice.

    • @genius0173
      @genius0173 3 года назад +2

      Guatemala for centuries has been so rich in gold, silver, jade, nickel and such a beautiful landscape. From 1925 to 1984 the Guatemalan currency the Quetzal was one of the strongest currencies in the World paired with Yhe French Franc, the US Dollar and well above the Swiss Franc. Guatemala most recover its mayan territory of Belice and sue the pirate, criminal and parasite monarchy from the small island of England (small and with limited resources that had to sent pirates for centuries to most of the world to steal and rob). The last president to keep the Guatemalan Quetzal strong and the economy so stable was Kjell Eugenio Laugerud (son of morwegian father and Guatemalan mother).

    • @genius0173
      @genius0173 3 года назад +3

      @@jbarnes4271 Guatemalan is not claiming its people its claiming its mayan territory of Belice were english pirates settled more than 2 centuries ago (typical of english pirates around the world symbol of robbery). Belice is a province of Guatemala by law and by history.

    • @turritopsisrockola
      @turritopsisrockola 3 года назад +2

      Just let it go

  • @yungjones7168
    @yungjones7168 7 лет назад

    I love your channel

    • @azapsanta7882
      @azapsanta7882 7 лет назад

      men you don't know nothing about central America.history.do somr research before you talk about an area you don't know nothing all wrong facts? is like somebody from central America talking about iran or some other middle esatern country.pls research first.

  • @davidacht442
    @davidacht442 6 лет назад

    buen video, saludos desde Honduras----------------------------

  • @monca01
    @monca01 6 лет назад +10

    Correction: Panama was part of Colombia until November 3, 1903 -

    • @sixtoalvarez2199
      @sixtoalvarez2199 4 года назад

      monca01 that’s the reason why Panama is different than the other Central American countries in many things. Panama was added to Central America.

  • @mikesixhunna4070
    @mikesixhunna4070 6 лет назад +19

    Almost forgot about the Afro Caribbens and Garifuna in Livingston Guatemala!

    • @margaritamilitarypolice2575
      @margaritamilitarypolice2575 6 лет назад +6

      Mike sixhunna They ALWAYS forget. They Never want to recognize that we have some #African descendants in #Guatemala too that are from #StVincent #Garifuna

    • @emerajiataz1025
      @emerajiataz1025 5 лет назад +1

      Margarita MilitaryPolice hopefully the African presence becomes more obvious in Guatemala

    • @Galbanolli
      @Galbanolli 4 года назад +4

      Most places don’t even mention Garifuna. Guatemala seems to put Garifuna under native language so maybe they’re mixing Garifuna with Natives in the racial group. Makes no sense. Should be separate

  • @Kabeyavictoria
    @Kabeyavictoria 5 лет назад +2

    Such beautiful peoples

  • @billiiielias605
    @billiiielias605 5 лет назад

    Im from Guatemala good information

  • @TheSleeplessArtist
    @TheSleeplessArtist 4 года назад +6

    Nicaragua needs its own video. Theres Toltec influence to the western coast, the Pelas family is allegedly of Italian decent, the Chinese diaspora there, and even the arabic ranch that people unfortunately label all as turks even though they dont speak a lick of Turkish, and the high German concentration to the middle of the country.

  • @malignustotalis331
    @malignustotalis331 3 года назад +3

    I was hoping to learn something about Nicaragua❗️

  • @stanhall9014
    @stanhall9014 6 лет назад

    Thank you...

  • @Allahakbah
    @Allahakbah 4 года назад +2

    thank you for mentioning belize we are apart of central america
    border of the caribbean sea 🇧🇿🖤

  • @TheNicaboy72
    @TheNicaboy72 7 лет назад +30

    You skipped Nicaragua!

    • @95blkmax
      @95blkmax 6 лет назад +3

      Oye for real! I was here waiting and waiting to hear about Nicaragua and got crickets lol

    • @riccardoenrike19
      @riccardoenrike19 6 лет назад

      Indeed!!! I Once dated a Nica as she was delicious.

  • @EvelynRdz
    @EvelynRdz 7 лет назад +42

    I'm from Costa Rica. nice video :)

    • @unmae1986Reloaded
      @unmae1986Reloaded 7 лет назад +4

      ¡Viva Costa Rica! :D

    • @EvelynRdz
      @EvelynRdz 7 лет назад +4

      +Jeff Z.E. sí viva ♡♡

    • @unmae1986Reloaded
      @unmae1986Reloaded 7 лет назад +4

      A lot of people speaks english over here. Most of us in a medium level. About inmmigrants, people is ok and chill, some problems with nicaraguans and colombians, not a big deal. But usually we have a very welcoming culture if people respect our culture, people and nature.

    • @EvelynRdz
      @EvelynRdz 7 лет назад +9

      +Jeff Z.E. entonces vos sos tico? cierto que algunos entienden inglés pero hay que profundizar más depende de que tipo de población estamos hablando( clase social, estudios, años) y recordemos que por ejemplo el nivel impartido en las escuelas y colegios públicos deja mucho que desear...

    • @EvelynRdz
      @EvelynRdz 7 лет назад +5

      +Silver Legion The level of English in Costa Rica is somewhat low-medium. Although if you are going to find many people who at least can understand English. Regarding immigrants in general are treated well. There is a problem with the immigrants coming from Nicaragua because there are many also many of them are illegal immigrants who come to demand government aid (I have no problem with Nicaraguans but at least in the Costa Rican population there are some negative thoughts towards Nicaraguans but That is another big issue, but as I said, the treatment of immigrants is good and more if they come to contribute to the country

  • @katjerouac
    @katjerouac 5 лет назад

    10:48 can you make a video about that? That would be awsome.

  • @FantasmaOlvidado1
    @FantasmaOlvidado1 6 лет назад

    Cool.

  • @Mike-mc3sh
    @Mike-mc3sh 7 лет назад +89

    Lol you barely said anything about Nicaragua

    • @coolaries6960
      @coolaries6960 6 лет назад

      Mike689 AYY u from Nicaragua?

    • @luciamata3178
      @luciamata3178 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah what about Nicaragua

    • @mistahrodneyc8483
      @mistahrodneyc8483 6 лет назад +6

      Mike689 Bluefields Nicaragua , and entire Caribbean coast have a rich history.

    • @streeturchinj
      @streeturchinj 6 лет назад +2

      Mike689 my thoughs exactly! What about Nicaragua?

    • @jellybeesplease
      @jellybeesplease 5 лет назад +2

      @@mistahrodneyc8483 I'd love to know more. I'm trying to find out more about Nicaragua, to satisfy my half Nicaraguan blood. Do you suggest any website or sources I could look at? Thank you 🍂

  • @shanteeenitencio1759
    @shanteeenitencio1759 3 года назад +9

    Kinda offended that you didn’t talk that much about Nicaragua. But you are right on that if you would confuse the garífuna and the Miskito it would end pretty badly

  • @EgilWar
    @EgilWar 4 года назад +1

    Interesting video. Bigger is not better.

  • @keithng5249
    @keithng5249 7 лет назад

    4:04 I definitely noticed the Singapore shirt :DD

  • @sweetdeadlygyallala9740
    @sweetdeadlygyallala9740 7 лет назад +30

    Although I'm Californian by birth & Belizean by blood, also I have family ties in Guatemala & Honduras. Also I'm Garifuna. Proud of my Belizean Roots 🇧🇿🇧🇿🇧🇿

    • @Galbanolli
      @Galbanolli 6 лет назад +7

      SweetDeadlyGyal LaLa yess many Garifuna in Guatemala! I am from Puerto Barrios, real close to Livingston and Belize and there are so many Belizeans there and people who have family on both sides of the “border”. I remember when I went to visit, people would cross the border daily to work or just visit family.

    • @edgzta
      @edgzta 6 лет назад +4

      Carmen Zaparolli so cool i need to visit

    • @petergeramin7195
      @petergeramin7195 5 лет назад

      why do you say "border"?

  • @andychuc3273
    @andychuc3273 5 лет назад +6

    I am from Belize and I am Yucatec Maya .

  • @nativesonascending6264
    @nativesonascending6264 6 лет назад +36

    It would have been nice if you would have included the Afro-Guatemalan people that reside in Livingston in order to represent it thoroughly. You explained that Guate has an Indigenous majority, a representation of purely European, but they also have a significant group of African descendants. I enjoyed your video!

    • @margaritamilitarypolice2575
      @margaritamilitarypolice2575 6 лет назад +1

      Native Son Ascending I know right😬. #Guatemala 💖

    • @beautifullyhuman8031
      @beautifullyhuman8031 6 лет назад +3

      Native Son Ascending Belizean Guatemalan Honduran here. Blessed for my unique DNA.

    • @emerajiataz1025
      @emerajiataz1025 5 лет назад +2

      Native Son Ascending right hopefully the African precense in Guatemala grows more and becomes more obvious in Guatemala 💯💯

    • @michaelsanchez9736
      @michaelsanchez9736 4 года назад

      Look up guatemalan dna tests some are up to 9% ssa.

    • @marcomazariegos8570
      @marcomazariegos8570 4 года назад +2

      I hope our afro-Guatemalan people would keep growing..but for economic reasons some migrated to the us

  • @enoughwiththelies1339
    @enoughwiththelies1339 5 лет назад

    What flavor Ramen Noodles Cup was that behind you?

  • @FiveSta33
    @FiveSta33 4 года назад +6

    You forgot nicaragua. Nicaragua actually were 2 different regions. The eastern part was english and the west being spanish. And the official language in the eastern part is english creole. Similar to belize.

  • @FlyingNazgul-wm1dv
    @FlyingNazgul-wm1dv 7 лет назад +36

    Central America didn't "gain independence" from Mexico
    Central American Federation simply refused to be a part of any mexican empire after the break up of New Spain
    Mexico sent Guatemalan troops who supported the idea of a Mexican empire but got beaten back after which the capital of the federation was moved to El Salvador
    Mexico itself was split on how to govern their country having also just split from Spain so they quit any attempts to forcefully annex the Federation but offered an open invitation to any Central American region that wanted to join them
    Guatemala switched opinion and didn't join Mexico but a fraction of Central American land that was known as Los Altos did, they're now Chiapas, Mexico their southern most state

    • @josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056
      @josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056 6 лет назад +2

      They belonged to México. Who do you think fought the War of Independence from Spain? And when México got its independence, the whole region of Central America gained it by that war.

    • @user-lf1wn5oz6q
      @user-lf1wn5oz6q 6 лет назад +4

      Es verdad, Guatemala nunca perteneció a mexico. Eso dicen ellos por que nos tienen una gran envidia.

    • @josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056
      @josetrinidadlopezaguirre6056 6 лет назад +2

      Then Guatemala didn't exist. Look at the name, the New Spain Viceroyalty had it's capitol in Mexico City, the thing is that the name changed when New Spain became independent to Mexico (Guatemala, El Salvador, etc. kept their name). It's like saying that Tenochtitlán and Mexico City are not the same place.
      Guatemala is a Mexican name (Nahuatl), and saying that it only existed when it was name that way would be wrong.
      Guatemala was part of New Spain, the name Captaincy of Guatemala was due because it was a military headquartera, but it belonged to New Spain where the viceroy had authority over that territory (and southwards to Costa Rica).
      The fact is that the wars for independence were fought mainly in actual Mexico, and even in some parts of California, Tejas (Texas) and New Mexico (that included Arizona).
      The treaty for which New Spain became independent from Spain was "El Tradado de Córdoba," signed by Juan O'Donojú, Chief in Charge of New Spain.
      But even if someones says that Central America is not included in that treaty, they signed in to belong to the Mexican Empire of Iturbide (Panama not included because it belonged to Colombia, before the U. S. support of rebels to secede from Colombia).

    • @user-lf1wn5oz6q
      @user-lf1wn5oz6q 6 лет назад +8

      Guatemala is not a Mexican name. Guatemala is a Mesoamerican name, because that name was given by the Aztec, not by Mexicans.

    • @Xergecuz
      @Xergecuz 6 лет назад +2

      Rnld There was an election after independence about whether to stay a part of Mexico or become an independent state and 80% of municipalities voting yes 10% voting no and 10% voting on whatever the rest of the municipalities decided, the 10% that voted no was from El Salvador and the mexican army was sent there and fought a battle that the salvadorans lost, it wasn't until next year that Central America voted again when the Iturbide empire fell and this time voted no, that's why Central America's independence was in 1822 and not 1821 like Mexico's. But even then the vote was political, the average population didn't care enough about being a different country, it was the same political divide that ended up breaking the central american republic at the end.

  • @davidsmith5094
    @davidsmith5094 3 года назад +1

    Much respect my Brother..I enjoyed the video..I'm from Belize...I believe over 100,000. Belizeans are living in the United states...the majority being black...being so close to the United states has been a setback for Belize...from the 1950s the migration started,,,and has not stopped even unto this day...