Latin America and the Caribbean recorded a 50% increase in the number of people who joined the middle class in the last ten years. According to the World Bank report released Tuesday the Colombian middle class grew from 7.1 million in 2003 to 13.6 million in 2009. An increase also corresponds to the rise in the region that had this issue, comprising 152 million people in 2009 compared to 103 million in 2003. Ie an increase of 50%. Read Article
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Maytte Gavilánez, journalist with the FLACSO, originated this creative and important proposal that was born from the call to the National contest radio journalism. “The idea was to create an investigative report focused on radio and based on social issues, so I took this very complicated for the sole purpose of preventing abuse,” said Gavilánez. […]
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Diariopinion.com reported that Assemblywoman Silvia Salgado, has introduced a bill “comprehensive response to the HIV-AIDS in Ecuador”, stressing that in our country there is a record of over four thousand cases of HIV carriers, with a frequency more prevalent among ages 20 to 49 years old. The bill aims to address the issue of postage […]
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Amway, one of the world’s leading direct sales, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity to help build homes in the district of La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September. The project is part of the partnership with Habitat to build houses in 10 countries in Latin America with the support and volunteerism of its entrepreneurs […]
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Colombia was the country where private wealth grew between June 2011 and June 2012, according to Credit Suisse. Their accounts also indicate that here there are 75,000 adults with fortunes exceeding $ 1 million. For those paradoxes of life in the world while wealth declines in Colombia is increasing. This is the third annual study […]
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The legalisation of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, which will allow the drug to be taxed and regulated, in two U.S. states will prompt debate on anti-drug policies in Mexico as well, and on the coordination of strategies between the two countries, experts say. “The least bad option is legalisation,” Jorge Chabat, at […]
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Until February this year, Tamban neighborhoods, Assumption and Sosanga were the most productive and employment generating Chimbo, Canton Bolívar. In these areas, 34 workshops were dedicated to crafting weapons. But last August 22 after the reform of the Law on Manufacture and Possession of Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives, the Executive issued resolution 1274 and permanently […]
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According to Eluniverso.com, the governor of Guayas unveiled the campaign ‘red card to violence’, in the Municipality of Guayaquil was presented the project ‘Guayaquil without football violence’. The first has ten points, that ¬ ¬ inter alia include punitive legislation to punish the vandals and even expel lifetime sports venues and record clubs bars, while […]
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This morning Silhouette organizations X, Confetrans, Transgender Project, Inclusive and Green Balancing Basin, reported the death of lesbian activist Karina T, 28, who was killed on Nov. 2. Witnesses who book their identity Karina T, would have been in an entertainment center in Azogues would then directed to an apartment where he is killed, after […]
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Abstract This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the region. The results indicate that, on average, the proportion of urban households […]
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You cannot see it at first sight, but it is there. It grows slowly in light of oil revenues. It has been boosted by a president who in his next six year in office intends both “to fully crush the bourgeois State we inherited, the one existing upon the continuity of old and harmful practices; […]
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Fmbolivia.net reported that Criminal gangs who have committed offenses incurred kidnappings or trafficked in recent weeks are led by women, saw two police chiefs expert in this topic. That is because the women can approach men more easily than potential victims and even generate a kind of friendship with them. Furthermore, when taking actions are […]
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Eltiempo.com reported that…..Police investigators revealed to TIME the existence of a ‘cartel of hotels’ and allow residences where children provide sexual services. Only in the center there are at least 20. “The owners of these places require minors to have sex with them in exchange for being allowed to work there. For one piece, as […]
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Two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, scientists confirmed that new surveys from a database SFOR UN (Minustah) originated the cholera outbreak that has killed some 7,000 people, so announced on the BBC website. Read Article
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Wwradio690.com reported that for their uncanny ability to travel long distances, the Indians rarámuris, natives of the state of Chihuahua, are used by Mexican drug traffickers sorry for drug trafficking to the U.S.. American lawyers, social workers and community members themselves Raramuri (“light feet”) or consulted by Efe Tarahumara indicate an alarming reality “(Joaquin) ‘El […]
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diario.latercera.com reported that representatives of a foundation challenged before the authorities of the Region V operating a collection point for these crustaceans. In Juan Fernandez fear for exports. The season starts in October. More than 60 people depart from the island Robinson Crusoe, on a ship towards Alejandro Selkirk Island, to begin the extraction of […]
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Eldeber.com.bo reported in Bolivia only 15% of crime is reported to authorities by victims. Security. There is a high dissatisfaction among people who claim, as only three of every 100 crimes are punished. This is shown by a survey commissioned by the Government….In the last year, four out of ten households in the central axis […]
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Eelmercurio.com.ec reported that the country has its first official dictionary of sign languages Ecuadorian. Lenin Moreno presided over the launch of the editorial project, which was held today in the auditorium of the Ministry of Education. The aim is to meet the Deaf community and equate their condition so that they have equal opportunities. It […]
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Mothers of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua started on a caravan in search of their children missing migrants in Mexico, the demonstration will go in 19 days approximately 4600 kilometers in 14 Mexican provinces. The march, which began yesterday in Guatemala tomorrow to enter Mexican territory. The Central American Mothers Caravan will consist of at least […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the head of the Narcotics Police of Guayas, Wladimir Leon said they have made more than 40 operating in and around schools. Last week, seven students of a school in the south of Guayaquil were isolated because they allegedly were found with drugs. In 2008, the Third National Survey on Drug Use […]
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Greenpeace activists placed Argentina on Tuesday on the steps of Congress a “bomb” symbolic demanding the adoption of e-waste law. Dressed in suit and tie, dozens of Greenpeace activists sat on the steps of Congress “armed” with sticks and detonators to be prepared to detonate simulated a massive “pump” symbolic. Read Article
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A study conducted at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases revealed that addiction to snuff causes decreased libido. A study conducted at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) found that young women who do not smoke are almost twice more sex than those who consume snuff, which implies that addiction decreases sexual encounters, and […]
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Gomez Palacio. – During the month of September, significantly increased cases of sexual abuse perpetrated against minors, as only a special unit for the care of women and children at risk under the Ministry of Protection and Roads in Gomez Palacio, reported nine cases either rape, molestation or lewd touching, ie an average of two […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that eight cantons of the country have become in recent years the main points of origin, transit, transit and destination for victims of trafficking, although the statistics that manages the National Police and the Attorney does not reflect the scale of the problem. Read Article dimension
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Larepublica.pe reported half of adolescent boys consume illegal drugs Five out of ten teenagers variones consume any drugs, as indicated by studies by Devida, Cedar and other prevention associations. Among women, four out of ten and everyone iniciarion consume around 12 years. This type of behavior is initiated, usually after drinking alcohol at parties, at […]
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Eluniverso.com It is a martyrdom which we must suffer urban transport users in Guayaquil. In recent years it has increased the sales mode buses; vendors give their speeches repetitive, tiring and transport become market bargains. How intimidating and doing sneaky sales scandal and fear cause passengers. Vendors deliver candy, cookies and other goodies in the […]
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Belgium provides financial support for demining programs in Ecuador and Peru Belgium signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide financial support for the program “Landmine Victim Assistance in Ecuador and Peru,” carried out by the OAS. The contribution will help to prolong both countries’ control over their demining […]
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El Universo reported that for six years come to his office for help minors who became pregnant after being raped. Given the dramatic stories of facing these youth, Beatriz Bordes, a lawyer and president of the Fundación María Guare, which provides psychological and legal assistance to those adolescents should also receive psychological therapies is so […]
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Thestate.com/AP reported… To Correa, Australian-born Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is a truth-teller who deserves praise and protection as he knocks down the walls of government secrets. But when it comes to Ecuador’s opposition media, Correa says too many journalists serve special interests and have immense, unchecked power. Correa has been fighting a running battle with […]
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Expats helping kids in Ecuador was started 15 months ago by a group of expats that wanted to contribute their time and efforts to improving the lives some of the least fortunate kids in Salinas and the Santa Elena Province. We work closely with a medical center in Palmar and the Olon orphanage. Through the […]
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“We need to raise a strong voice against any authoritarian attitude no matter the government and independently whether it is left or right” said the Mexican president after admitting that in “some cases we are losing that battle”. The Mexican president added that in Latin America “we are battling exactly between the past and the […]
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Eluniverso reported on recent social samplings of what is important to Ecuadorians in a number of cities. Sampling was conducted in 3,960 households in five cities. The most important options in life were: work, family, religion, health, other (knowledge, friends, politics, entertainment) and none. To Hernan Reyes, a graduate in sociology and political science professor […]
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Elespectador.com reported that So far this year 44 community kitchens where 7520 people attending in a vulnerable have been closed. The complaint, which was filed by the district solicitor Richard Cannon, is based on a study performed in 260 dining Personería community in the city. The reasons for the continuing closures, according to research, have […]
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An Assessment of Illegal Protection Markets – Eduardo Guerrero Gutiérrez Illegal protection encompasses a set of activities that involve coercion by any agent different from the State, usually sophisticated and violent criminal organizations (mafias). Illegal protection may be provided against deception by others, against competition, against the government or against a threat from the mafia […]
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Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2012 – The most recent statistics place Central America as the world’s most violent region. In the last decade there have been 145,000 homicides in 7 countries in the region, the vast majority of them in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. These countries appear each year among the […]
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So far this year, in the canton of Cuenca has recorded 22 violent deaths caused public shock and not yet clarified by the entities in charge of investigations. The governor of Azuay, Police and statistics ECU-911 handles the claim that the main ingredient to make them all violence is the liquor, so suggest urgently intervene […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the governor of Azuay, Humberto Cordero, was surprised by the actions of certain groups of young people with alcohol and excess consumption of some drugs in the wake of the murder of Juan Antonio Serrano, brother of the Minister of Interior. Speaking to ECUADORADIO, intensely concerned Cordero said this and also the […]
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Prostituted women in the city are no exception to the general law: from the countries bordering the provinces of NOA, suburbs. Girls are often very young and very poor, recruited with the promise of a good job. But end up prisoners of a network, first, subject to a “soft” brutal, a cocktail consisting of rape, […]
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According to desinformemonos.org, a recent conference in Mexico reported increased trafficking with the arrival of soldiers and federal police to Ciudad Juarez, forced and child prostitution in the tourism sector, in places like Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Maya, the transfer of women victims of trafficking in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on condition […]
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According to La-razon.com La Paz and El Alto are the cities with the highest number of crimes of trafficking in human beings, while Santa Cruz is the region which presents greater labor and sexual exploitation, as well as being the bridge that used to lift Bolivians networks abroad. The previous week, the Attorney General held […]
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The dismembered bodies of a mother and her two young daughters were found today by relief agencies in southeastern Guatemala, official sources reported. The Volunteer Firefighters spokesman Sergio Vasquez, explained to reporters that the village Cienaga Grande de San Jose Pinula morning spotted a head and a hand, and alerted the National Civil Police (PNC) […]
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Que.es reported that millions of children in Guatemala suffer a situation of “vulnerability and danger”, denounced the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography… The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat Maalla M’jid stated – […]
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Earsenal.net reporte that the general director of the National Center for Youth Integration, Carmen Fernandez Caceres, said Quintana Roo has first national illicit drug use by young people, “the increase in juvenile addiction is worrying because it is associated so inexorable with crime. ” He cited the case of Cozumel, where a hundred patients, at […]
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Rcnradio.com reported that a woman, suspected of practicing witchcraft was murdered by a blow to the head by a heavy tool. Her home was then doused with gasoline and set on fire. The name of the victim is Vernocia Martinez Hernandez. The mayor of Santa Barbara (Antioquia) stated that the death of the victim accused […]
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According to the first installment of the results of the 2012 Census, the population grew by 10.1 percent, however, the study confirmed the aging of Chilean society. According to these data, currently in Chile would have 16,572,475 people and 5,729,977 households, of which 2 million are concentrated in the metropolitan area only. Francis Labbé, national […]
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When a child who used to play and be active, suddenly changed his nature, is isolated, is most of the time silent, nervous or becomes aggressive might be suffering from “bullying” or bullying, as Blanche Shephard, a clinical psychologist, who last year conducted a survey in 74 city schools. The investigation was conducted by the […]
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The Central American countries formalized today the creation of a fund for natural disasters, which in its first three years of implementation will reach 24 billion U.S. dollars, an official source. The resolution creating the so-called Central American Fund for the Promotion of Integrated Disaster Risk (Focegir) was signed today in Panama City by representatives […]
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General Prosecutor’s Office, Eduardo Montealegre, asked the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court reflect on his decision to bring criminal charges against the columnists Cecilia Orozco and Maria Jimena Duzan Tascón on charges of libel and slander. The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court announced on 23 August that Maria Jimena Duzan writers and Cecilia […]
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The Superintendency of Notaries and Registration, said divorces in Colombia during the first half of 2012 increased by 26.2 percent, according to a report reflecting the 872 records of notaries in the country. The Superintendent, Jorge Enrique Garcia Velez, there have been breakthroughs in the 8694 period, while in the first half of 2011 there […]
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150,000 people gathered Tuesday in the Alameda, the main avenue of the city, according to figures released by the Confederation of Students of Chile (CONFECH) . “The government said we were a minority: today we saw a clear signal and call massiveness. The government said we were divided, today gave a clear signal of unity. […]
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Personal Protection police Moyobamba Highway, in coordination with the Attorney General, made operational in order to prevent and avoid the crime of human trafficking, raising awareness about the case, and common crime in the area. The biggest PNP Roger Bustamante Baca, who led the operation, said that the act helps identify subjects carrying Lima and […]
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In Colombia, according to the report of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF), between March 2011 and March 2012 the company received 51 reports of children and adolescents who are victims of human trafficking, all recruited within the national territory and all purposes of sexual exploitation. “Lately much internet is being used as a means […]
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The problem is repeated in most sidewalks, hindering the movement of the elderly or disabled, as Esteban Orellana, architect of the National Research Institute of Gerontology, INIGER. Cuenca is a city within the project pilot cities for seniors and people with disabilities, a study launched by the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, in conjunction […]
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Prendsalibre.com has reported that Guatemala is a country not at war or a weapons manufacturer, but the civilian population is holding more than 460,000 units in a legal and ammunition imported (legally) between 2009 and 2011 would be enough to give each person two bullets including children. Added to this are pistols, revolvers, rifles and […]
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About the National Day of Older Persons , to be held tomorrow, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( INEI ) reported that there are currently 000 2’700 people over 60 years, which represents 9% of the total population. In terms of gender, by 2012, the population of women over 60 years amounts to […]
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Although the rate of juvenile delinquency in Risaralda are low compared to cities like Cali, Medellin and Bogota, no longer worrying figures revealed in the inter-institutional table working on sanctions within the system of criminal liability for teens. According Jairo Alberto Martinez, director of the Research Line in Childhood and Adolescence, criminal acts committed most […]
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Minister Secretary General of Government, Andrés Chadwick, spoke on Wednesday to march that morning called for student leaders and said that the government is open to dialogue, but does not accept pressure or force measures as taking educational establishments. The spokesman said about that “space is completely open dialog, both here in La Moneda and […]
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Otavalo. Several cases of domestic violence are recorded daily in the women’s police station and the police, 60 percent of these belong to the rural sector. Statistics. Marianita Pijal, curator of Women reported that 48 complaints were recorded monthly from family violence. He said that many times the children, especially those under age often endure […]
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On average, including men and women, 6 in 10 admits having put ‘horns’.Six in ten Colombians admitted being unfaithful at least once in their lives, according to a survey done on the subject for the time in 13 cities by the firm Datexco. And although this is already quite impressive, and would have to add […]
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Monique de Haan Erik Plug José Rosero In this paper we investigate birth order effects on human capital development of children in Ecuador. Specifically, we estimate the relationship between birth order, preschool cognition and secondary school enrollment using family fixed effects estimation to rule out that observed differences in birth order are driven by family […]
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Between the morning and Saturday morning added seventeen people died violently in different parts of the Republic. In the state of Mexico five people killed were found in the municipalities of Nezahualcoyotl and Ecatepe. One of the findings occurred this morning in Colonia El Sol, in Neza, which were found the bodies of three men. […]
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Following over a hundred arrests made on Thursday and clashes with police, students in Santiago occupied on Friday the central building of the University of Chile, the country’s most important higher education facility, as the demands to the government over education reform ensue. Read Article
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101 children, aged between 14 and 17 years working in public spaces in the Central district of Heredia, workshops, shops and markets-and in the National Distribution Center Fund (CENADA) in Barreal.This was revealed by a study on child labor conducted by the National University (UNA). The analysis notes that the causes that lead young people […]
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Two cases: a 14 years off his life for his poor grades in the subject of Mathematics. His work in millimeter sheets were returned with circles written in red ink and notes saying “no good”. Next to the folder that filed the case rests Jorge Laura, 18. The fights between her parents home and beating […]
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High school students are now the protagonists of protests in Chile. In recent days, the students have taken several demonstrations to schools and announce the coming weeks to push education reform. Protests in Chile for a structural reform of education in Chile revived, this time at the hands of high school students. The Coordinating Assembly […]
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Natalia Springer, political scientist and columnist in various local media, announced in an interview with RCN Radio some figures in the report “as sheep among wolves” to be presented in full on Wednesday against the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF). “Today, no fewer than 4 out of 10 fighters of the FARC and ELN are […]
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National Director of Cultural South American Editor (ESEC), Azucena Street, reported that in Bolivia generally only 20 percent of practitioners read a book a year, others nothing. “A professional is reading a book a year that does not have anything to do with his career, and that 20 percent of practitioners read a book a […]
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Urban violence causes diaros fifteen homicides and nearly 3500 were wounded. NGOs warn that 800 000 illegal weapons circulating in the country.The violence in Guatemala has killed 2,887 people from January to July this year, equivalent to more than 15 homicides a day, said an official source. Of all the murders during that period, 2,403 […]
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Elcomercio.com reportedOn Wednesday recalled the scenes as a child. At night, her father gave her a black briefcase with 100 small packages of cocaine hydrochloride. They were wrapped in notebook paper. Hid them in his underwear and gave whenever asked. As his father got ‘clients’, sat playing or distracted with chocolate. The instructions were clear: […]
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According to the director of PDMVAT, in general, each year in Peru there are 80 000 road accidents. Of which 75% occur in Lima, ie about 55 000. In addition, 1,100 deaths occur annually in Lima and Callao for this cause. While 4,500 people are injured after being victims of such accidents. 900 000 traffic […]
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For most of its modern history, Brazil has been a nation of the starkest economic divides: Super rich, super poor. Businesses that sold anything but the most basic items trained their sights on the upper strata. Now, Brazil is a major player in a global economic shift that is seeing formerly “developing” nations morph into […]
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Chile, along with Mexico, countries with greater inequality between rich and poor in the continent with the greatest social divide in the world but also from the OECD Instead, his president, Sebastian Pinera, has just welcomed a reported reduction of this parameter based on 1987. That explains why the government of Sebastián Piñera held revenue […]
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Bars in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, along with other similar locations, such as nightclubs, have been rewarded for not engaging in human trafficking. The state government has given these businesses certificates to affirm that they do not participate in any form of human trafficking, such as prostitution. 16 certificates have so far been distributed, […]
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Mexico: Criminal Networks force women into prostitution According to the Commission for Human Rights, each hour 3 to 4 children disappear for the reason of sexual slavery purposes in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Human trafficking groups use particularly young girls introducing them into prostitution rings. The girls are forced to stay when aggressors warn them that if […]
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Special Forces Police in Chile have prevented Wednesday’s march of thousands of students and have faced lanzagua cars and tear gas. According to witnesses, the Chilean military police tried to disperse the students who had gathered to reject the profits to education. According to those present at the demonstration, the student resistance was suppressed by […]
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Paraguayan police on Monday evicted hundreds of peasants who had occupied since last Saturday night a farm in Guaira Falls, located in the east. More than 300 police officers used tear gas to vacate the property titled in the name of a Brazilian citizen, after the ultimatum expired prior to the eviction, sources with the […]
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Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. – Chiapas Justice under federal searches are missing for 11 women and last year in the coastal area but mainly in the border of the entity. Girls and females of 30 years, have not yet been located. According to data from the Social would try for Victims of Crime (Provictima) obtained in […]
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58% of neglected children abuse is done by their mothers According to the faculty of behavioral sciences 58% of the abused minors in Mexico are victims of their mother, 26% by their father and the rest by other family members. The study shows that this behavior is more prevalent in young couples and it is […]
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President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, today enacted a law that anticipates the payment of a “Golden Anniversary Bonus” to couples celebrating 50 years of marriage and widows or widowers, and before it receive up to 2013 and 2014. This cash was introduced in 2011 as a tribute to those who meet five decades of marriage. […]
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A woman had brought three young Colombian Ecuador to work in prostitution. Police specializing in Children and Adolescents (Dinapen), arrested the accused of trafficking. According to a television station Teleamazonas, young Colombian (including a 14 years old) were offered a job in our country, but they were not told it was in nightclubs. Read Article
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At least 6,000 women are kept as prisoners in Buenos Aires, Argentina, working as prostitutes. They are the victims of human trafficking, which is prominent in this city. They can be found working in saunas, bars, and luxury clubs, among other locations in which they would not be suspected, Diario Z reports. Girls engaged in […]
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The city of Alto Parana in Paraguay is one of the central areas involved in the crime of trafficking women. According to Diario Vanguardia, Paraguay is an exportation country when it comes to human trafficking. Alto Parana encounters particularly high rates of trafficking due to extreme poverty levels. Officials claim it is impossible to control […]
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Two Bolivian girls were rescued by officials in Argentina after discovering they were the victims of human trafficking. One, who was forced to do menial jobs, was found in fragile health. She had been abused and subjected to violence. She was found inside a hospital in the Patagonia after an extensive search, El Siglo reports. […]
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Networks of human trafficking appear to operate in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Spain and the United States, according to Opinion. They recruit by using publications in the media, in social networks, employment agencies, with advertisements, or by kidnapping and abduction. Among the uses of trafficked persons, who are mostly women and girls, are labor exploitation, […]
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Labour Ministers and government representatives from Central America and the Dominican Republic begin tomorrow a meeting in Panama to discuss child labor laws and the approval for its control and eradication. The idea of the meeting, which ends next Wednesday, is to exchange experiences and best practices to align public policy and legislation at regional […]
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The Police Director General Jose Roberto Leon Riano, welcomes proposal for Petro. General Jose Roberto Leon Riano said that, as in other countries, the drug should be treated as a public health issue. He said that “as in other countries, Colombia and decided, the ‘narcoconsumo’ requires treatment of public health.” Gen. Leon added that “we […]
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he average age of onset of drug use has declined in recent years to 13 years, worrying data in the state of Cancun. Apart from this early age at onset of drug addiction, the mean drug use has risen slowly but steadily by about 1% per year. The head of the ICJ (Youth Integration Center), […]
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Elcomercio.com reported he was murdered with a gun. It happened the night of June 8, in the neighborhood Cayambe, a central sector of the capital Azuay. It was the murder of Mark M. and was the sixth case perpetrated in that sector and contained in official records. According to figures from the Judicial Police, 37 […]
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Ntn24.com reported that President Correa to suspend advertising in newspapers that have criticized its mandate “to see if they do by calling or business.” He also spoke about the protests against Televisa in Mexico saying the protesters “are leading by example.”
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According to Alicia Mesa Bribiesca, a representative of the American Observatory Against Trafficking, the fight against trafficking crime in Mexico has not been significant. Mexico City has been considered one of the main cities in the world for human trafficking. Read Article
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Seventy-one percent of Mexicans do not trust their local police, which gives Mexico the worst showing of any nation among the five Latin American countries where the international GfK company conducts quarterly surveys. “Distrust in Mexico has grown more than in any other Latin American country due to the increase in violence, the corruption of […]
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According to a study by GfK agency (A German market research institute), Ecuador’s rate of robberies(street muggings) is higher than those in Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. According to research 6% of respondents said they had suffered a violent street assault weapons and use either gun or knife. The study revealed that Guayaquil is the […]
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Chiapas reports between 10-12 missing children every six months according to the Right Protection of Women Program. Many of these children end up being transported to other countries or even Central America. Children are mostly abducted for illegal adoption purposes and or they are forced into sexual and labor exploitation. Read Article
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“So far this year are 121 deaths compared with 102 last year, that means 19% higher crime rate. Of course strategy is being performed with excellent results. This area is very complicated because it is the support network of terrorism of the FARC and the bacrim who are looking to generate fear in the population, […]
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Florence. In the last hours the National Police arrested a woman who is required by court order for the offense of incitement to prostitution, the case was reported in January 2010 when a teenager was found inside a brothel exercising prostitution with her mother. According conviction woman was sentenced to 160 months in prison for […]
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From January to date anti-crime force (FELCC) rescued 15 girls clandestine brothels in the city center and captured two clans responsible for recruiting them. The Attorney and the Mayor announced operations against these illegal businesses. At least about 15 girls were rescued. We recently had nine cases of children on Figueroa Street and Santa Cruz, […]
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Two juveniles, one 10 years, were rescued from brothels in the city of La Paz during the raid late Friday and early yesterday morning, said the head of this agency deployment, Colonel Jose Luis Ramallo. The under 10 was in a brothel located across the street Hermanos Manchego Sopocachi area. Ramallo Colonel refused to advance […]
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According to authorities many Mexican residents have left their households in response to violence, extortions and criminal activities. There were reported are at least 25,000 abandoned residences in the state of Tamaulipas. Read Article
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