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Inclusion of Haiti as having an Afro-Latin American population, as well as the French region of Martinique based on accurate, yet unpopular, criteria

Map showing the dates of independence of the countries of the Americas. Black shows areas not independent.

According to the article on the Americas Martinique is among the list of overseas regions, dependencies and other polities that belong to the American geographic region (not the nation), but do not fall into the category of being "sovereign states". Martinique is controlled, and was colonized, by France, one of the original Latin-based nations (culture, people and language). Furthermore, the island's original inhabitants, the Arawak and Carib peoples, are considered Indigenous Americans because they were native to the Americas. 80% of the indigenous population is of African slave, Caucasian, and Indigenous ancestry, carrying on the Arawak and Carib bloodlines.

According to the same article Haiti is among 35 sovereign states in the Americas. The country is part of the American geographic region. Although an independent nation Haiti was colonized by France, one of the original Latin-based nations (culture, people and language). Furthermore, the island's original inhabitants, the Taino peoples, are considered Indigenous Americans because they were native to the Americas.

Latin culture was not only inherited from Spain and Portugal via the colonial era - see Latin and Latins. Therefore, Martinique and Haiti are, indeed, a Latin American entities due to their geographic disposition of being in the Americas (which includes the Caribbean), and by way of cultural, ethnic and linguistic heritage. Thus, the African descendants living in both Haiti and Martinique are Afro-Latin American. Bab-a-lot (talk) 17:21, 18 April 2010 (UTC)