Guatemala: on pace for 7th consecutive year of lower homicide rates
I don't write much about Guatemala's murder rate anymore. There's not much new to write.
Guatemala is on pace for its seventh consecutive year of lower homicide rates. While that is definitely good news, poverty has increased at the same exact time. In 2000, one measure of Guatemala's poverty rate stood at 56.4 percent; in 2014, the rate reached 59.3 percent. The increase is really across the board as all but four departments saw their poverty rates increase from 2006 to 2014.
You'd have to check through Carlos' blog and Twitter feed, but the most impoverished departments also generally tend to have the lowest homicide rates.
Guatemala: si mantenemos tendencia al 30 junio tendremos un 7mo año consecutivo de descenso en la violencia homicida pic.twitter.com/TTlOK8SEaS— Carlos Mendoza (@camendoza72) July 14, 2016
Guatemala is on pace for its seventh consecutive year of lower homicide rates. While that is definitely good news, poverty has increased at the same exact time. In 2000, one measure of Guatemala's poverty rate stood at 56.4 percent; in 2014, the rate reached 59.3 percent. The increase is really across the board as all but four departments saw their poverty rates increase from 2006 to 2014.
You'd have to check through Carlos' blog and Twitter feed, but the most impoverished departments also generally tend to have the lowest homicide rates.
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