Latin America should follow Nicaragua’s example, who despite being one of the poorest countries in the region, manages to be the safest country in Central America.
>Nicaragua for a number of years has proven an exception in the region. While Nicaragua had a murder rate of just over 11 people per 100,000, according to UNODC’s latest homicide report from 2013, in comparison to the so-called northern triangle countries, Honduras had a much higher rate of 90.4 people per 100,000, with El Salvador 41.2 and Guatemala 39.9.
>Inequality and social exclusion, as opposed to total wealth, are viewed as one of the key factors that drive violence and crime. Sandinista reform has had a clear goal of reducing inequality through investment in education, social services, local infrastructure, and healthcare.
>Greater social cohesion can help reduce some of the breeding grounds of marginalization and crime. Nicaragua has been able to do so while having one of the lowest police budgets and lowest police per population within Latin America.
>Again, a community-based approach in relation to gangs has been operating, where police sponsor meetings with the help of social workers, the community and family meetings with rival gangs. The idea being that current and potential gang members can reconcile differences, move toward peace and be helped to move away from a life of crime.
>Notable police-sponsored community programs include organizing employment and education for youth deemed at risk, coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and violent neighborhoods. With the backing of local leaders police have run social and community events to bring people together such as football tournaments. Police have also been active in supporting drug rehabilitation programs for many that are at risk, or have already had trouble with the law.
In short, rehabilitation, not repression, is the solution.
Latin America should follow Nicaragua’s example, who despite being one of the poorest countries in the region...
el chicANO señores y señoras
Maybe in other countries. I don't know how you're supposed to rehabilitate cannibal gangs and people who have cut off another human being's head.
>just over 11 people
not low
no, hes a commie whos out of shitholes to praise
11/100K is still much over 1000% higher than, for example, the usual European rate, but considering the safety situation in their region it's really impressive.
Noriega isn’t coming back no matter how angrily you post.
woah! i sure was btfo... LOL
ffs stfu, amerishits are so cringy
>it's really impressive.
its not, because theyre above ours and costa rica and ours is shit. so theyre shit
if they're so safe then why don't any of them post on Sup Forums?
>fix inequality
bullshit, the current gov here spend millions on fixing inequality and we're going worst in crime, Nicaragua probably got tired of murder and they are really fighting narcotraffic, which is the main reason for murder in Central America. Sharing some money with poor people will not eliminate crime, you have to fight them for real, with a good police and at least decent politicians. Don't get me wrong, fixing inequality will solve some murder, but no the core of it. There's not other way unless you kill them all (which will not happen).
Inequality is part of it. Another part is the large community integration with the police.
>“When those young men (gang members) try to come across the border, people immediately say something to police and they scoop them up and they either try to reform them or send them back or do whatever they can with them.”
>“The key word and the antidote for for gangs is inclusion and we're are going to treat them with inclusion, rather than repression,” said Police Chief Aminta Granera speaking to Insightcrime in 2012.
And another part is that the Nicaraguan government has its priorities straight.
>Under Granera's reign, police have also taken a direct approach to gangs through surveillance and the targeting of gang operations, particularly foreign-based organizations operating in Nicaragua who have been tracked by authorities, particularly around the Gulf of Fonseca. She claimed that the Mexican-based Sinaloa Cartel, who were operating along Nicaragua's Pacific coast, were “one we hit the hardest.”
They realize that Sup Forums is a shitposting cesspool.
That's right.
Giving things to people won't accomplish anything different that turning them into spoiled people.
There may be some crime that has its roots in people being poor and acting out of need, but many criminals whether they are poor or rich (white collar delinquents) just like getting things with putting the least effort into it.
I rather meant countries like Venezuela, Honduras and expecially El Salvador.
Guys, you are forgetting a very important issue regarding Nicaragua. Their government is basically Commies obsessed with presenting a good image of themselves. There has been many cases of their leaders blatantly telling lies to their people in order to keep the power. Knowing the history of the regime, I wouldn't trust all the records they present. Sure, I can tell they are better than Honduras or El Salvador, but I'm pretty sure official data is heavily manipulated there
Point taken.
this, and in brazil, stealing for your survival is not even a crime, if you can prove to the judge that you were stealing b/c your children were starving they will even help you, make a facebook post and buy even a new house for you(real case!)
Point not taken. Nicaragua’s elections since 1982 have been found to be free and fair by international observers.
Elections? Sure, right now the opposition is literally unexistant. It doesn't change the fact they often manipulate public information. We usually hear those new. Hell, they even reclaim Costa Rican territory from time to time
He didn't mention elections but statistical data produced by governments. I also didn't write that he is neccessarily right, I only meant that he stated a legitimate argument that is worth considering.
> I'm pretty sure official data is heavily manipulated there
So it's not only Cristina, is this a kind of trend among Latin American leftists?
Basically yeah, Correa was also lying about the debts of the country until Lenín called them out
It is a “thing” among every country.