El Salvador's 1992 Peace Accords, terminating a costly 12-year armed conflict, gave rise to an electoral democracy. While the country has made undeniable strides, the causes of the war persist and crime, often committed by street gangs, has soared to unprecedented levels. Grappling with the ...
Unfortunately, El Salvador has a high rate of gang violence. Although it’s rarely targeted at foreigners, you should avoid certain areas. Most of that crime takes place in San Salvador, so avoid parts of Soyapango, Apopoa, and Mejicanos at all costs. Also, avoid the area around the Tica...
Troops walk in the suburb of Soyapango, after El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced the deployment of 10,000 security forces to the troubled area which for years has been considered a stronghold of the violent Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs, in San Salvador, El Salvad...
“This constitutional breach was predictable,” he said via Twitter. “El Salvador for some time has been on the path to be a dictatorship and many, for ideological blindness, cowardice, geopolitical interests or obsession with immigration did not want to raise the voice in time or help ...
PREZ uses public opinion surveys to investigate how crime victimization affects public attitudes toward democracy. The article focuses on the cases of El Salvador and Guatemala. Across the developing countries, fear of crime and perceptions of social disorder are widespread. The failure of the state ...
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However even after the war the violence in El Salvador never really stopped. In the last couple years the crime rate and violence in El Salvador has gone to it’s all time highest. On average, there was nearly one homicide per hour there in the first three months of 2016, according to...
Consequently, the country exhibits an extraordinarily high rate of corporate extortion and theft. It is estimated that approximately 70 percent of businesses in El Salvador are subject to gang-related crime. According to Lacalle: “This problem is one of the reasons why industry and investment rema...
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Policing Crime in El Salvador.The article examines policing crime in El Salvador. According to the author, El Salvador, long-considered to be the most violent of the Northern Triangle countries, recorded a per capita homicide rate of 65 per 10,000 inhabitants from 2000 to 2010. The author ...