INSECURITY

One person dies and five are wounded after shootings in Costa Rica

Published on: March 25, 2025
07:38

San José, 25 Mar (Prensa Latina) Escalating clashes between drug gangs in Costa Rica have continued, leaving one dead and five injured, according to official sources.

Ecuadorian opposition: gov’t is incapable of dealing with insecurity

Published on: February 26, 2025
08:36

Quito, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) The legislative group of the Citizen Revolution (RC) criticized the government's management of security and described it as incapable of facing the crisis that persists in the country.

Haitian economy poisoned by insecurity

Published on: January 10, 2025
10:54

Port-au-Prince, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Insecurity is now considered the most potent poison that makes the economy agonize in Haiti, where unemployment, hyperinflation and the high cost of living are already notorious.

Dominicans: crime is the country’s worst scourge

Published on: November 29, 2024
14:20

Santo Domingo, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Five million adults in the Dominican Republic (66.5 percent) currently consider crime as the leading problem facing society, as quoted by the report "Private Security in the Dominican Republic: Creating Public and Private Value".

UN agencies suspend humanitarian aid to Haiti due to insecurity

Published on: November 14, 2024
16:44

Port-au-Prince, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) United Nations agencies suspended humanitarian aid in Haiti as of Thursday, due to the deterioration of security in the Caribbean country.

Insecurity is the main concern in Chile, poll reveals

Published on: October 2, 2024
15:24

Santiago, Chile, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Crime, hold-ups and robberies are the main problems the Chilean Government shuls try to solve, according to the bimonthly poll from the Center for Public Studies (CEP), published here on Wednesday.

Chile rules out involving the Army in the fight against insecurity

Published on: September 19, 2024
15:38

Santiago, Chile, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Chile’s President, Gabriel Boric, has momentarily ruled out involving the Armed Forces in the fight against insecurity, according to his statements made Thursday after the Military Parade for the Army Glories Day.

Ecuador’s Parliament to analyze presidential veto of Weapons Law

Published on: September 16, 2024
07:27

Quito, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly of Ecuador will analyze the partial veto of the Law on Weapons, Ammunition, Explosives and Related Materials, decreed by President Daniel Noboa and approved by the Legislature on August 13th.

Fed by gang violence, insecurity haunts life in Haiti

Published on: August 20, 2024
15:36

Port-au-Prince, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Haiti’s pervading insecurity is a harsh fact today, as violent acts committed by gangs continue to defy the local police.

Cerro Norte, face of insecurity in Uruguay

Published on: August 17, 2024
10:28

Montevideo, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The capital's Cerro Norte neighborhood has been the face of insecurity in Uruguay in recent days, at the same time as the debate on the implementation of nighttime police raids, now outlawed by the Constitution.

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