Latin America has suffered a 'breathtaking' wave of homicidal violence with more than 2.5million murders since 2000, a report has revealed. Armed police are pictured during a shootout with a gang in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Daily Mail: A third of the world's murders happen in Latin America where 2.5 MILLION have been killed since 2000 in a 'breathtaking' wave of homicidal violence, study finds
* Region has 8% of global population but accounts for a third of world's murders
* Study found 2.5 million Latin Americans have 'been killed violently since 2000'
* Brazilian think-tank says the scale of scale of homicidal violence is 'breathtaking'
* Of the 20 nations with highest homicide rates, 17 are in Latin America, study says
Latin America has suffered a 'breathtaking' wave of homicidal violence with more than 2.5million murders since 2000, a report has revealed.
The region accounts for a third of the world's murders - despite being home to only eight per cent of the global population, according to the Brazilian think-tank, the Igarapé Institute.
About 25 per cent of all global homicides take place in four of the region's countries - Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil.
The institute's report said the 'sheer dimensions of homicidal violence are breathtaking' with almost half of all victims aged between 15–29.
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Update #1: 'Breathtaking homicidal violence': Latin America in grip of murder crisis (The Guardian)
Update #2: Latin America is the world's most violent region. A new report investigates why. (Washington Post)
WNU Editor: The complete report is here .... Citizen security in Latin America: Facts and Figures (Igarapé Institute).
For anyone saying the US is too violent.This is what a murder 'epidemic' is like.True there is violence in the US and some cities are very violent overall but compared to Latin America the US is far less brutal.And despite the huge number of weapons available.
ReplyDeleteThere is a theory that murder rate is more correlated with government corruption than with guns. After all Britain has sword control and now they are pushing stricter knife control. Soon Britian will no longer be called Great Britain, but the land of plastic sporks ... until they ban those as well/
ReplyDeleteLatin America is more corrupt than the U.S. although U.S. politicians have shown intentions of catching up.