African diaspora in the Americas Lucia (85%), Grenada (82%), Martinique (80%), Guadeloupe (77%), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (66%), Bermuda (55%), Brazil (8%), Cuba (35%), Puerto Rico (16%), Belize (31%), Trinidad and Tobago (34.2%), Nicaragua (9%), Panama (14%), United States (13.6%), Colombia (10.52%), Guyana (36%), Suriname (37%), French Guiana (66%), Dominican Republic (10%), Costa Rica (8%), Paraguay (4%), Uruguay (4%), Canada (3.5%) and Venezuela (2.9%). After the United States achieved independence came the independence of Haiti, a country populated almost entirely by people of African descent and the second American colony to win its independence. After the process of independence, many countries have encouraged European
Geography of Suriname 0.06% <br>"Other:" 99.58% (2003) Tropical Showers, no hurricanes. Deforestation is a real problem as timber is cut for export. There is also a lot of pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities. Suriname has agreed to the following agreements: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling Geography of Suriname Suriname is located in northern South America and is part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana. It is mostly covered by tropical rain forest, containing a great diversity