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With Economic Growth, Paraguayans Press Cartes to Fight Crime and Corruption

By Mercedes Hoffay and Chris Sabatini / August 30, 2016

Earlier this month, hundreds of people marched in Asuncion, demanding the resignation of Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and denouncing widespread ...
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Gun Violence in the Americas

By Sofia Rivas / June 17, 2016

When it comes to gun ownership and homicide by guns, the patterns in the Americas are not what you’d expect.
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Slow justice is no justice

June 3, 2016

Using the World Justice Project's annual Rule of Law Index, this stats shot examines how countries in the Americas score when it comes to the efficiency ...
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Guns and gangs and the sad role U.S. lax gun laws play

By Javier Corrales & Abigail Xu / June 2, 2015

There are multiple causes for the escalating crime and violence that is sweeping the region and making Latin America the region with the highest murder ...
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