United Nations report shows that Latin America racked up 134,519 homicides in 2012, about 31% of the total for that year, ... Latin America Is World's Most Violent Region. Share.

Latin America is home to just 8 percent of the world's population, but 33 percent of its homicides. In fact, just four countries in the region — Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela ...

The world homicide rate for men aged 15-29 is 16 per 100,000; in Latin America it is 60. Schools, where children are often recruited, must be the starting-point.

For more than a century, Latin America has experienced a damaging combination of high inequality, poor economic performance and weak political institutions. This has contributed to persistent ...

Latin America’s GDP growth in 2024 is projected at 1.8%, down from 2.1% in 2023, according to the annual December report of ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean).

Geography and World Power North America: an Historical, Economic, and Regional Geography Europe The New World: Problems in Political Geography Elementary Commercial Geography. Nature 115 , 327 ...