Latam and Caribbean with the highest rate of homicides in the world, says IDB
President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno urged Latin America and Caribbean governments to learn from and replicate successful experiences in the prevention of crime and violence in the region.
Moreno has also announced a special fund to complement the IDB loans and technical assistance in the security sector.
In a presentation entitled “A way out of the labyrinth: Citizen Security in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Moreno said that the recent increase in crime levels is “a great paradox” because it occurred during a period when the regional governments were consolidating their democracies, reducing poverty and strengthening their fiscal and economic performance.
He said that in Latin America and the Caribbean 350 people were murdered on a daily basis and that the region accounts for 28% of the all homicides recorded around the world, although it only represents 8% of global population.
He said that even though the Bank’s statutes prevent it from financing many aspects of security management, it can work on specific aspects such as prevention, training and strengthening of public institutions related to security.
In the 15 years since its members began asking for help in security, the IDB has financed 12 programs and multiple technical cooperation in these areas. The IDB is currently developing nine new citizen security operations with a potential value of 328 million dollars.
Moreno said that these programs have given the IDB the ability to understand and evaluate security initiatives that have produced results in countries like Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Panama, Jamaica and Brazil.
“Some cities in our region are finding a way out of this labyrinth. This should fill us with hope. And it should motivate us to learn about and apply the essential elements of successful experiences,” he said.
Moreno acknowledged that while there is “no one-size-fits-all” strategies for reducing crime the IDB have identified three critical areas that are present in all successful experiences.
These are good information systems, the application of integrated security management models, and international cooperation.
Moreno cited the experience of the Centre for the Study and Analysis of Citizen Security in Colombia, as an example of how systems for collecting and analyzing information about crime helped the city to achieve sustained reductions in the level of violence.
He also pointed to the history of Diadema, a city in Brazil, where the homicide rate dropped from 102 to eight per 100,000 inhabitants in 10 years.
To support governments that need advice in the areas of information, integrated security management and international cooperation, the IDB has created a special fund to provide technical support grants. The funds will also be available to help design security strategies backed up by proper management, evaluation and information systems.
Moreno said that these resources would complement but not replace the broad array of programmes, loans and technical cooperation that the IDB is preparing in the area of citizen security.
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ttp://www.ripoffreport.com/government-worker/argentina-tourists-m/argentina-tourists-murdered-l-33f51.htm
And this is why.......
www.ripoffreport.com/federal-government/cristina-kirchner/cristina-kirchner-cristina-kir-dc9b0.htm
This is how the maniac psycho Cristina Kirchner of Argentina and her cronies get votes and stay in power:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyPC0SD0PGw
Honduras 77 / 100k Drugs.
Venzuela 75 /100k Drugs and extrajudicial killings (Mexico is 11.59!, UK is 1.57)
Colombia no meaningful number due to FARC but 'reducing'.
Guatamala City for the first seven months of 2011, that average was 42 slayings per week. Drugs.
Argentina 5.24 / 100k (if you believe the data)
Uruguay 5.78 / 100k (Policia data)
The big figures are directly related to the Drug Cartels who may be doing most of their killings by taking out rivals, so if that is the case, does it matter?
SUDACA - term of endearment for a person from LatAm.
Here is a chart with DATA:
chartsbin.com/view/1454
These are just a few homicides per 100,000 population:
Venezuela 47
Colombia 46
Brazil 21
Argentina has 5.24
USA 5.22
Peru 3.21
UK 1.57
Australia 1.23
China 1.21
Japan 0.45
Putting a stigma on Latinamerican societies doesn't help them. The drugs problem is an international one... these mafias have no flags or borders, and the cocaine that Colombia may produce ends up in 1st world noses... NO?
I am having a look at UnitedNations data in www.unodc.org And the drug-related deaths (not homicides, deaths...) in 1st world nations are by more common than in most of the “undeveloped” nations.
Brazil, China and Argentina for example show a low rate of death-related deaths, while the USA, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Norway and the UK have the highest rates.
(page 34 in www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf)
So... no matter what country... I think these mafias have no borders, it is not fair to point out at poor nations while the drugs problem is an international one... it moves a lot of money and groups inside developed societies stimulate this business.
This map also shows a not very happy situation for countries like the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia and Argentina (I am including the country where I live also as I am trying to write with the truth). chartsbin.com/view/fvl
These homicides in those very poor Latinamerican countries should be a shame for all nations.
What you say is very laudable, though some of your data is different to the October 2011 data set I used.
However, you are missing a point, which is: most of the drug cartels exist because of the 'need' from western countries I agree, but the producer countries governments do very little, if anything about it. These cartels then fight among themselves to get to be the top dog.
Your figure for Venezuela is clearly wrong, it's 75 when you count the extrajudicial killings by the Fabled Chavez (soon to depart this world hopefully) and I have no idea how you managed to get a meaningful number for Colombia due to the FARC problems.
@Conqueror
No country that shoots people in subways and “goes off” like a firecracker dosed with racing fuel over an arrest, for an entire week, and burns across all its major cities can be considered a serious civilization.
You were a civilization, no longer.
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