Talk:Crime and violence in Latin America
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"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 absolute nonsense. In Eastern Europe, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, social "equality" was not even a concept and poverty was rampant. In the same country, some were super rich, driving Ferraris in the 1990s and others could not afford to buy enough bread until their next salary, if it came on time. Yet, there was nowhere near the level of organized crime that you see in Latin America, not even on the same order of magnitude. Admit it's a cultural problem and stop making up excuses.— Precedingunsigned comment added by83.33.197.126 (talk)10:36, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Some sections were copied verbatim from the sources. Paraphrasing is needed, to avoid copyright infringement. Notice that second paragraph of "Possible causes" section was copied verbatim from:[1]. --theDúnadan04:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I live in Europe, I come from Latin America and I often go to North America. I know crime specially in placeslike Venezuela, are much higher than those in Europe or the US/Canada and the situation is worsening by the day.We should add statistics and their sources.--Periergeia (talk)08:25, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If there is to be such an article, make it more than a jumble of unconnected quotes from various supposedly reputable sources, replete with relative adjectives, and devoid of comprehensive (overall) statistics from which a reader could get a grasp of the relative problems in Latin America. This reads more like a litany of sensationalist reporting. That leads to, for example, one paragraph telling the reader that... "The city that currently topped the list of the world's most violent cities is San Pedro Sula in Honduras, leading various media sources to label it the 'murder capital of the world'" but another telling us that..."In 2010, state officials reported 3,622 homicides in the city. With a rate of 272 murders per 100,000 residents, Ciudad Juarez [Mexico] alone had the highest murder rate in the world." The article should be withdrawn and, if it is to be re-posted, edited by someone with a grasp of objective reporting, not just cutting and pasting comments that cluster under Google search.76.88.1.215 (talk)00:31, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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