tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post113735393643365289..comments2024-03-28T11:30:20.005-05:00Comments on El Salvador Perspectives: El Salvador's pain -- murder rate highest in Latin AmericaTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452039674856298357noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-38779773927833741472009-02-16T22:30:00.000-06:002009-02-16T22:30:00.000-06:00my dad is from sonsonate, el salvador, my mom is f...my dad is from sonsonate, el salvador, my mom is from soa paulo, brazil and im from new orleans, louisiana. we come from the roughest parts of our countries. the reason crime is so high in these places is because our governments forgot about the people and theys topped helping us and started worrying about how fat their wallets are. high crime rates are a cry for better education, streets, government, and justice systems......and for all the people hating on el salvador, fuck off because we some fucked up ass niggas and we can up your cities crime rates if you want...wjen we move over there and do what my fellow katrina survivors did to houston and atlants, i dont want to hear you bitch and cry about the terrible el salvadorians who came in and fucked your shit up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-26063619934014787992008-03-13T15:15:00.000-05:002008-03-13T15:15:00.000-05:00I personally think that gangs are a disease, and i...I personally think that gangs are a disease, and if the government doesn't do anything about it, this disease will continue to spread and then there won't be cure. I think that salvadorans should take justice from their own hands. The model citizens that work hard for a living must do something, we dont want to inherit this disease to future generations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-81583990072574230122008-01-09T00:47:00.000-06:002008-01-09T00:47:00.000-06:00El Salvador is by far the most dangerous place to ...El Salvador is by far the most dangerous place to visit, and when you compare 54 to 40, it really is "by far" because it is for every 100K. Think about it, the US has a murder rate of 5 per 100K. El Salvador is infested with gangs everywhere. It is pathetic. Don't doubt these statistics. They are real. When the US keeps deporting MS gang members at an exponential rate to the country, how do you expect murder numbers not to rise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1162263536570546542006-10-30T20:58:00.000-06:002006-10-30T20:58:00.000-06:00hahaha, except el salvador isn't whining -- people...hahaha, except el salvador isn't whining -- people not from el salvador are.<BR/><BR/>weird, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1162213068684647612006-10-30T06:57:00.000-06:002006-10-30T06:57:00.000-06:00i think that el salvador should shut the fuck up a...i think that el salvador should shut the fuck up and stop cryingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1162212976517384902006-10-30T06:56:00.000-06:002006-10-30T06:56:00.000-06:00I agree with the previous comment . I would vote h...I agree with the previous comment . I would vote him for presidentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1162212793224922132006-10-30T06:53:00.000-06:002006-10-30T06:53:00.000-06:00I agree with this comment. I vote him for the next...I agree with this comment. I vote him for the next presidentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1162212736842922862006-10-30T06:52:00.000-06:002006-10-30T06:52:00.000-06:00The people of El Savador let the rest of Latin Ame...The people of El Savador let the rest of Latin America downAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1161098738966749082006-10-17T10:25:00.000-05:002006-10-17T10:25:00.000-05:00A murder rate of 54 per 100k to 40 per 100k is har...A murder rate of 54 per 100k to 40 per 100k is hardly higher "by far".<BR/><BR/>There's no way that Honduras has a lower murder rate than El Salvador anyway. The murder statistics constantly released for the country (which seem to fall anywhere between 30 and 60 per 100,000) fail to reflect the appalling mass killings in the city of San Pedro Sula.<BR/><BR/>It has the biggest mass shooting by a street gang I've ever seen (28 - compared to the 2nd placed Colombian city of Medellin with 16) yet the murder rate is lower than Rio de Janeiro's average...who's biggest street gang murder is a body count of 12.<BR/><BR/>There's been other mass shootings as well in San Pedro Sula but I don't know if it's street gangs or organized crime. A gun massacre of 28 by a youth gang suggests a far higher murder rate than 40 per 100,000 in a small nation of 7 million.<BR/><BR/>Aside from that, Colombia had over 18,000 homicides in 2005 though it has dropped significantly, and I'm pretty sure Brazil should be on that list as it had a striking 28 to 30 murders per 100,000 as recently as 2002 across a nation of 175 million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1144330030964811492006-04-06T08:27:00.000-05:002006-04-06T08:27:00.000-05:00One of the biggest problems is that the "people" t...One of the biggest problems is that the "people" that are now making decisions were not educated properly. The masses in El Salvador that are old enough to vote and make change went though the civil wars that required survival and let education go. Education and time will make a difference and nothing else will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1137515122386022252006-01-17T10:25:00.000-06:002006-01-17T10:25:00.000-06:00I’m not sure what Gregorio Rosa Chavez hopes to ac...I’m not sure what Gregorio Rosa Chavez hopes to accomplish with his comments. He asks us to de-politicize the problem of crime in El Salvador and then offers the insightful recommendation that we see the problem in global terms and “search for the types of politicians and types of policies we need to come out ahead". Perhaps he is not specific about which politicians and policies would solve the problem because he doesn’t want to politicize the problem. <BR/><BR/>His comments criticizing the government’s repressive response are fine, but vague (perhaps he is vague to avoid looking political). However, what are needed are not vague accusations but good social science, specific policy proposals, and healthy debate. Having family who experienced government repression in the 1980’s, I am disposed to believe accusations of government repression today. However, it strikes me that no one seems to be making any efforts to document this repression. <BR/><BR/>One gets the impression from an earlier article cited in Tim’s blog that people like Matt Eisen and Antonio Rodriguez are encountering police repression on a daily basis. Maybe we should send these guys a video camera. <BR/><BR/>Notice that Nicaragua is not listed in the murder statistics. Nicaragua has much lower crime rate despite similar history and worse poverty compared to El Salvador. Has anyone seriously looked into the causes of this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com