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Argentina is one of two countries that has seen an upward shift in its poverty population in 2017. Its poverty population was recorded at 27.5% and 32% in 2018. [2] Critics of the official INDEC survey charge that both the inflation rate used to measure poverty and the official baseline household budgets themselves are understated.
Rates of crime in Guatemala are very high. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. [ citation needed ] In the 1990s Guatemala had four cities feature in Latin America's top ten cities by murder rate: Escuintla (165 per 100,000), Izabal (127), Santa Rosa Cuilapa (111 ...
Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.
The data indicate that Guatemala is behind other Latin American countries, in terms of lowering poverty rates, but there has been an increase in economic activity in terms of GDP and development. Guatemala's HDI increased from 0.462 in 1990, to 0.525 in 2000, to 0.550 in 2005, and 0.574 in 2011.3 Guatemala ranked 131st in HDI in 2011. [30]
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala. July 9 – Guatemala puts 66 of its municipalities on alert due to a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. [1] July 30 – One person is wounded in an assassination attempt on President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei. The president is unharmed. [2]
Crime in Guatemala by type (3 C, 3 P) Crimes in Guatemala by year (5 C)-Crime in Guatemala City (1 P) G. ... This page was last edited on 12 May 2022, at 22:40 (UTC).
Oct. 31—New state data shows Alaska's overall crime rate continues to fall, but some forms of violent crime, including murder, are up. The Alaska Department of Public Safety's annual Crime in ...
Upon the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, the Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) was founded on the 17th of July in 1997 by merging the former National Police and Treasury Guard. Immediately, the force was expanded across all departments of Guatemala, and by August 1999 (just two years later), the PNC managed to cover all 22 departments.