Latin America and Caribbean is world's most violent region, study saysSantiago - Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region on the planet, accounting for 39 percent of the world's murders, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said in a study published on yesterday. That amounts to more than 2.5 million murders in less than two decades, 75 percent of which were committed using firearms. Things are expected to get worse, too, with the region's murder rate rising from 22 per 100,000 people in 2017 to 35 in 2030. In the region there are 7.1 million youths seeking employment with another 15.1 million neither studying nor working. "Evidence shows that for every one percent increase in youth unemployment, the murder rate increases by 0.34 for every 100,000 people," said IDB.

Source: Philippine Star November 29, 2018 17:26 UTC