Across the Central American region, several groups received political autonomy by the end of the 20th century. By granting autonomy to these groups, countries like Nicaragua acknowledged certain populations as members of distinct ethnic groups. This was not the case for every country or group in the region, and the lack of effective ethno-racial policy-making considerations across Central America has led to language attrition, loss of land and water rights, and commodification of historic communities. This article focuses on Honduras and Belize as unique sites of ethno-racial and socio-cultural policy making, group identity making and unmaking, and group rights for the Garinagu. Specifically, this work forwards a re-examination of national ethno-racial policy and a critical assessment of political models based on ethno-cultural collective rights intended to combat racial discrimination.

到20世纪末，在整个中美洲地区，几个团体获得了政治自治。通过给予这些群体自治，尼加拉瓜等国家承认某些人口是不同种族的成员。并非该地区的每个国家或团体都如此，中美洲各地缺乏有效的种族种族政策制定考虑因素，导致语言损耗，土地和水权的丧失以及历史社区的商品化。本文将洪都拉斯和伯利兹作为民族，种族和社会文化政策制定，团体身份的确立与否以及加里纳古的团体权利的独特场所。具体来说，