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América Latina, letal para los jóvenes
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Latin, lethal America for the young people
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A young person in Latin America of between 15 and 24 years of age is in more danger to die assassinated that in any other place of the world.

Thus Map assures a report “the Violence” of the Network of Información Latin American Tecnológica (RITLA) after analyzing 83 countries, among them 16 Latin Americans.

In him one makes sure that it is up to 30 times more probable that a young person is assassinated in Latin America that in Europe.

El Salvador leads this macabre list with 92 young people assassinated by each 100,000 inhabitants, followed of Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Brazil, “top 5” of the list.

According to the author of the report, Julio affirmed in conversation with BBC World Jacobo Waiselfisz, the homicide in Latin America is a mainly youthful phenomenon, unlike other zones of the world.

“Specially Central America Worries where already it existed a history of civil wars and a political culture of violence. But now it has gotten worse by the expulsion of the United States of members of youthful bands called maras, specially young Salvadorans ", affirmed Waiselfisz.

The problem is specially pressing in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala that have seen how their indices of youthful criminality have gone off.

Colombia and Brazil, better

the expert emphasizes that, for the first time in 10 years, Colombia it is not the country with more homicides.

“Until 2004-2005 the axis of the violence formed Brazil and Colombia, now is Central America. Colombia began to fight against her in cities like Cali and Bogota doing among other urban reorderings, while Brazil began to improve mainly as of 2003 with a disarmament campaign ".

The Latin American countries more insurances for the young people are Chile, Cuba and Uruguay, with about 7 homicides by 100,000 inhabitants.

Altogether, the rate of youthful homicides in the zone is of 36.6 by 100,000 inhabitants, whereas in Africa is 16.1, North America 12, Asia 2.4, the 1.6 Australian Continent and Europe 1,2.

The report in addition explains that for the young people the distribution the entrance explains 63.5% of the variability of the rates of homicide, very over the rates of poverty, due to a greater sensitivity to the phenomena that derive from the distributivas injustices. Source: http://noticias.prodigy.msn.com/bbc.aspx?cp-documentid=14296134#toolbar

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