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This article is about the popular reading of the Bible made in the Basic Ecclesial Communities in Latin America. It is good to remember that they are just a minority. The vast majority of Christians and most churches have another way of looking at the Bible. Many make a more traditional reading and more fundamentalist. However, the impact and spreading of the reading done in the Base Christian Communities (BCCs) are large and significant for the life of the churches and to the progress of the popular movement.
This article is like a photograph that establishes the position of a person at some point in their lives. Once done, the picture does not change more. But the person photographed continues to change and grow. And do not stop. May not even remember most of the picture. Could happen even after a few years, even she recognizes most in this picture we present here with much respect and love .... More
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Latin America: higher rates of youth homicide
RITLA na Mídia - Interviews
Friday, 05 December 2008
Published: 12.04.2008 Radio Nederland
The probability of a young Latin American between 15 and 24 years die a victim of homicide is 30 times higher than the European one and 70 times higher than in countries like Greece, Hungary, England, Austria, Japan and Ireland. This is the main conclusion of the report "Map of Violence : Latin American youth " recently released by the Latin American Technological Information Network (RITLA) .
The study shows that among the 83 countries surveyed, the top five with higher rates of juvenile homicide are American. First on the list is El Salvador, with a rate of 92.3 murders per 10,000 population. We are Colombia (73.4), Venezuela (64.2), Guatemala (55.4) and Brazil (51.6).
While in Latin America, the homicide rate among youth is 36.6 per 10,000 inhabitants, Africa recorded a rate of 16.1. In descending order are North America (12), Asia (2.4), Oceania (1.6) and, finally, Europe (1.2).
Contrary to the idea that many people have that the violence is directly related to poverty and lack of opportunities, Julio Jacobo Waiselfisz, Instituto Sangari sociologist and author of the study, says the evidence suggests that "poverty is not homogeneous the cause of violent responses, but the injustices of wealth within poverty or poverty within wealth generated by the rebellion. "
Change the focus of concern
According to the report, previously the focus of concern was the Colombia-Brazil axis because, especially drug traffic. In contrast, according to Waiselfisz says, thanks to some internal measures taken by the governments of these countries, homicide rates among adolescents experienced significant declines in recent years. He cites as an example the case of Colombia, "from a decade of urban renewal and disarmament, Colombia managed to pacify the large cities and, thus, dramatically lower rates of youth homicide."
In the first five years of this century, homicide rates among young people in Colombia have experienced a fall of almost 50%. While in 2000 the homicide rate was 130.6 per 10,000 inhabitants in 2005 the rate dropped to 73.4.
For Brazil, the study attributes the decline in recent years of 56.2 homicides per 10,000 inhabitants in 2003 to 51.6 in 2005 - to a "successful disarmament campaign that managed to get many weapons in circulation."
data indicate that while these two "heavyweights" of violence were able to reduce their rates, the Central American countries, especially El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua showed substantial increases. To Waiselfisz, this explains the geographic shift to the side of Central America. "Significant falls in Colombia and Brazil in South America make less important and worrying axis becomes the Central American subregion. Also, the sociologist also finds explanation for this geographic re the phenomenon of youth gangs operating for some years in these countries.
output Julio Jacobo argued that instead of using repressive measures, which is mostly the way which is usually eligible, governments should seek preventive and educational measures to bring down rates of violence. "Education levels that come with higher levels of income distribution and then higher levels of human development are those that ultimately drive down rates of violence," says the sociologist. Arquivo Interview mp3
Lives shattered. Youth and violence in El Salvador
By Edgardo A. Amaya Cóbar (*)
SAN SALVADOR - I had news from different sources on the recent study "Map of Violence: Youth in Latin America", published by the Latin American Technological Information Network ( RITLA) studies in which mortality of young people-overwhelmingly men between 15 and 24 years in the region, compared with other regions. Latin America is the most violent and El Salvador takes first place with a homicide rate among young people 92 per 100 000 inhabitants within the youth sector.
Viewing the report, I noticed that the data used are from 2005. Ready to update, I took the data from the 2007 killings of Forensic Medicine and Population Census results in the same year and the results were as follows:
homicide rates per 100 thousand inhabitants according to ranges age (2007)
AGE GROUP:
Frequency
Percentage
Cumulative percentage
Population
Rate
IGNORED
60
1.70%
1.70%
5-9
7
0.20%
1.90%
684,727
1.02
10-14
39
1.10%
3.00%
706,347
5.52
15-19
576
16.50%
19.50%
600,565
95.91
20-24
709
20.30%
39.80%
486,542
145.72
25-29
788
22.50%
62.30%
457,890
172.09
30-34
474
13.60%
75.90%
402,249
117.84
35-39
307
8.80%
84.70%
353,147
86.93
40-44
166
4.70%
89.40%
303,631
54.67
45-49
116
3.30%
92.70%
252,122
46.01
50-54
90
2.60%
95.30%
215,734
41.72
55-59
54
1.50%
96.80%
183,075
29.50
60-64
39
1.10%
97.90%
151,864
25.68
65 A +
72
2.10%
100.00%
390,327
18.45
Total
3,497
100.00%
100.00%
5,744,113
60.88
Source: Elaborated with data from the Institute of Legal Medicine and DIGESTYC
homicide rates per 100 thousand inhabitants grouped by age ranges (2007)
AGE GROUP:
Frequency
Percentage
Population
rate
15-24
1.285
36.80 %
1,087,107
118.20
15-29
2.073
59.30%
1,544,997
134.18
15-34
2.547
72.90%
1,947,246 130.80
Source: Elaborated with data from the Institute of Legal Medicine and DIGESTYC
As shown, the data are discouraging. While saying that the data increased from 2005 to today would be a mild statement that it would not take that as a result of the census, the population figure is lower than the estimated population projections. All built with the information rates today are in doubt.
The second table, you realize that the range was the subject of study (19-24 years) for 2007 was a homicide rate of 118 per 100 000 inhabitants within that range, would place the country in a distant first with respect to other contexts.
Noting the table, we can see that almost 60% of homicides are concentrated in the range between 15 and 29, which reached a rate of 134 per 100 000 inhabitants of these ages.
The authorities insist that these levels of violence attributed to gangs, but when asked what they understand the responsibility of the gangs, the spectrum is very wide, which contradicts the need for analytical rigor. The figure for gang involvement by the authorities, to name one example, includes cases where the victim is a gang. A kind of prophecy self-executing. Where does the data become visible youths killed on suspicion of being victims of death squads and extrajudicial killings have been investigated by human rights organizations?
are obviously very hard data. Studies will talk about the affectations of violence to the Economically Active Population (PEA) of economic losses due to death of people, the correlation between human development deficits and levels of homicide. This is valid and necessary to understand the dimensions of the problem.
However, these are the data of despair. If frustration leads to violence, there are many people frustrated out and the frustration comes from the inability to be free to perform and grow as a person. Consumerism that gives the illusion of material happiness but denied to most of the media for access. Of structural violence expelling children and youth the education system, which sends many young people, particularly the poor ", to unemployment, the informal economy, addictions, to another country as an immigrant, are absorbed in their cycles of violence , leads to jail, hospital or the grave as the victims of such violence.
To which we add the fact that a kind of suspicion because of age. According to a recent survey IUDOP aimed at young people, the second source of violence towards this sector, after the delinquency and crime, the police is reported as 5% of respondents.
What is a young man in the neglected rural areas? What does it mean to be young in the populous areas of Soyapango, San Martín, Ilopango, Apopa?
With this scenario, it is difficult to conclude that the situation of young people in Salvadoran society and attention is a fundamental issue, therefore, For example, it is contradictory that the government has refused to accede to the Convention on the Rights of Youth.
A change in status should not be limited to a timely policy towards youth, but it should mean a general policy of human development which tends to progressively meeting the needs of young people in particular who depend more than ever, this country.
Youth often appears in the Media associated with acts of violence and different problems, which has contributed to widespread stigmatizing this image as representing the youth in general. But young people in various fields are developed and carried out various activities and projects.
"Youth in Focus" aims to give face and voice to those men and young people who organized individual and shape the development of society in various aspects: economic, artistic, political, sporting, etc., Etc., Etc. ..
Lack of economic health and mental By Karina Moreno Rojas
⊙ Increased suicide and mental illness due to the economic crisis. ⊙ occurs every 40 seconds a suicide. ⊙ 154 million people suffer from depression worldwide.
Just a few days ago was reported as lack of economic health or stability in their pockets, has created havoc on the mental level with depression, stress, tension and nervousness that come to trigger epileptic seizures, violence, addiction (alcohol and drugs) and even suicide. The economic crisis and global insecurity causes illness and imbalance between the emotions of individuals and their environment, experts at the Research Institute of Social and Clinical Psychology at a round table created on the occasion of World Mental Health who held on 11 October. For example, about a week ago, an American man in Los Angeles killed five family members and himself, according to the letter he left, the reason that led him to do so was their precarious economic situation, triggered by the current global crisis. Therefore, under the context of the celebration of World Mental Health, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, said in Geneva that the current global economic crisis will affect the amount of suicide and mental illness, so that "we should not be surprised" by the consequences of the financial crisis. According to the above, every 40 seconds a suicide occurs, ie a year take their own lives and 877 000 people are expected due to the stressful circumstances that are currently live, the death rate in this way increase. What is the situation in Mexico? In our country, six of every 20 Mexicans have had a mental disorder, and 3 out of 20 cases developed the problem in the past 12 months, according to the Ministry of Health, coincidence? I think not. figures are alarming WHO contributed just 10 days ago, mentioning that worldwide 154 million People suffering from depression in varying levels. It is even more worrying that despite having the opposite problem little is being done about it, only 2.5 percent of patients are treated. Dr. Benedetto Saraceno, director of the Mental Health Department of WHO, said that Mexico has fewer psychiatric and in bad conditions and they do not consider depression as a priority issue, but in Chile and Brazil already takes into account the disease within the treatments offered basic social insurance in these countries. Governments inject dollars into the crisis and injected Who awareness to people about the need for professional help? It may take up to 30 years before a mentally ill person receives any treatment. For example, a drug addict usually takes 10 years to accept their problem and seek help, according to data presented in Geneva by María Elena Medina Mora, director of Epidemiology and Social Research National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente. And while the economy slumps and requires the participation of all to generate global productivity, increased depression and anxiety causes absenteeism and increases the problem. Everything is a "pretty vicious circle" where the economy humiliating illnesses and diseases causing a sinking economy.
