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Because the area of stolen land in Guatemala has grown from about 10,000 hectares in the 1990s to 164,000 in 2018, losses in agricultural production caused by this phenomenon reached nearly $650 million last year.
The Chamber of Agriculture (Camagro) estimates that only in 2018, invasions of private property, mainly agricultural production farms, generated a negative impact equivalent to 0.6% of Gross Domestic Product.
The unprecedented increase in violence in Costa Rica, once an oasis of peace in the region, is another sign of the failure of the traditional methods of fighting drugs.
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More powerful than the Central American states, drug trafficking is on the rise not only in terms of an increased supply of drugs in the countries in the region, but through its permeation of institutions using the power of money and generating a growing culture of violence that is making Central America´s lack of a death penalty seem risible. Yes it does exist, but the worst part about it is that it is not institutionalized justice systems that implement it, but the mob bosses, pointing out -to ever younger executioners- the people who should be executed.
"... The National Association of Public Employees has access to a lot of tax information" - Albino Vargas, president of the Union.
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"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Socialist...When they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me."
An article in Elfinancierocr.com quotes Albino Vargas, secretary general of the National Public Employees Association (ANEP), which warned last Wednesday on Twitter about a Tax audit being performed on one of the two candidates vying for the presidency of Costa Rica on April 6th.
Forecasting more risk of social unrest for Nicaragua than Costa Rica in 2014, indicates ignorance of the political, economic and social realities of Central America.
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The print edition of "The World in 2014" by The Economist Intelligence Unit reported a measurement of the risk of social unrest in 150 countries, categorizing them into 5 levels.
In the U.S. the number of people over 12 years old who use drugs increased from 5.8% in 1991-93 to 8.9% in 2008. In Mexico the war on drugs has killed over 50,000 people over the past 5 years.
Juan Carlos Hidalgo wrote an article for Nacion.com in February 2012. His approach, denouncing the harmful effects of drug prohibition, was based on a proposal by the President of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, to legalize drugs as a means to combat drug trafficking.
Leaders of business associations in the region have indicated that governmental arbitrariness is interfering in Central America’s development.
A statement from the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America (FECAMCO) reads:
Business organizations in the region which make up the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America (FECAMCO) when meeting in Miami, Florida, USA, expressed their "great concern" about the institutional crisis in El Salvador, which they described as an "assault on the rule of law."
Breaking what is a taboo for any incumbent ruler, President Otto Perez Molina insists on his proposal to deny a market for drug traffickers.
Insisting that applying traditional methods to tackle the scourge of drugs and drug trafficking has not been successful , Perez Molina "does not regret his bold proposal to decriminalize drugs in Central America and is excited about a discussion of this global issue."
Central America is already the world's most violent region. How much longer will Central American blood feed a war that has already been lost?
The war on drugs is lost, but the Central American governments are asking for more money to continue fighting.
According Laprensa.com, the security minister of Honduras, Oscar Alvarez, complained to reporters attending the 41 OAS General Assembly, that the financial resources provided so far by Washington to the region, which has become a "bridge " for international drug trafficking, have been just "a drop of water in a large bucket. " He also said "the Honduran proposal coincides with a statement by the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, who has said that Central America needs "at least" a few billion dollars to halt the spread of international drug trafficking."
The government agenda is based on four areas: social welfare, public safety and social peace, environment and land management, competitiveness and innovation.
The plan presented by President Laura Chinchilla and the Minister of Planning, Laura Alfaro, proposed 11 major objectives, which included reducing unemployment from 7.8% in 2009, at a rate of 6% by 2014.
An open war is going on in Jamaica over the detention of a kingpin drug dealer; this is an example of what may soon happen in Central America.
An article by Joaquín Villalobos in Elpais.com signals Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala as the countries of the isthmus most affected by drug trafficking, a black market activity which leads to violence and corruption, and may eventually transform a country into a ‘failed state’
Laura Chinchilla will head an administration that will continue Oscar Arias’ work, although with differences due to her distinct personality.
An inspection of her cabinet leaves no doubt that Chinchilla will assume continuity policies. Some of its ministers belonged to Arias’. Others served with Figueres Olsen in 1994-1998, and many are very close to her.
Every new government generates expectations, and they are larger when the topics are most sensitive for the population.
For the new president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, her experience as Justice and Security minister increases hope in her government to revert growing insecurity in the country.
As her rival candidates, Chinchilla’s proposals were headed by the security topic, and include placing experienced people in key security roles.