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Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 October 2024. Socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century This article is about the socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela. For other uses, see Venezuelan crisis (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the ...
In 2008, According to UNICEF, Latin America and the Caribbean region had the highest combined income inequality in the world with a measured net Gini coefficient of 48.3, an unweighted average which is considerably higher than the world's Gini coefficient average of 39.7. Gini is the statistical measurement used to measure income distribution ...
Desertion is also a challenge for Latin America. According to Inter-American Development Bank studies, 20% of students enter primary school with one or more lagging years. During this cycle, about 10% repeat 1st and 2nd grade, and 8% repeat grades 3 and 4.
The Anderson–Gual Treatywas an 1824 treaty between the United States and Gran Colombia(now the modern day countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador). It was the first bilateral treaty concluded by the United States with another American country. It was ratified by both countries and began enforcement in May 1825.
The Central American crisis began in the late 1970s, when major civil wars and communist revolutions erupted in various countries in Central America, causing it to become the world's most volatile region in terms of socioeconomic change. In particular, the United States feared that victories by communist forces would cause South America to ...
The Mexico–United States bordercrisis is an ongoing migrant crisis in North America concerning the illegal migration of people into the United States. U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both referred to surges in migrants at the border as a "crisis" during their tenure. [ 5 ] Following a decline in migrants crossing the border ...
There are Latin American economic crises: Latin American debt crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. La Década Perdida - the Lost Decade for Mexico. Economic history of Mexico § 1982 crisis and recovery. Great Depression in Latin America - the effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s on Latin America. Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994.