“…Ethno‐racial group identity in Latin America and the Caribbean has been both a formative social element as well as a salient political issue throughout the region (Hale, ; Quijano, ; Dzidzienyo and Oboler, ; Jiménez Román and Flores, ). Although tension between indigenous, Afro‐descended, mestizo , and other groups has manifested in various permutations since the early sixteenth century, the past century has witnessed an increasingly dynamic ethno‐racial climate (Cobas et al, ), as movements towards the achievement of political recognition, land rights, and anti‐discriminatory legislation have involved the state (Appelbaum et al, ), grassroots organisations and coalitions (Hooker, ), and more recently transnational bodies (Lennox and Minott, ). This process has not only influenced the status of various groups over time (cf.…”