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COSTA RICA IS THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN LATIN AMERICA

Carlos Castro Gamboa
ccastro@diarioextra.com


The study found Costa Rica as the safest country in Latin America with Uruguay and Chile.

A study by Consulting Ibero America for digital publishing Latinvex revealed that Costa Rica is the safest country in Latin America.

This list in the 19 countries that place the area is based on official public security secretariats, local police, governments, non-governmental organizations and research institutes in each country crimes.

Although Tiquicia holds a good position remains perfect this theme, as the best score is 1 and only Costa Rica, Chile and Uruguay were labeled with a 2.

According to the report published on the website of latinvex, Frank Holder, chairman of FTI Consulting Ibero America, Costa Rica is investing heavily in the police and a strategy of deterrence and prevention through patrol in the streets, that is having positive results in reducing crime rates in general.

For Mario Zamora, Security Minister, the data is encouraging and motivates them to continue giving the greatest effort in daily work to improve the problem afflicting the country in recent years.

"It's a story that we have to celebrate because it has an impact on foreign investment and tourism. To the Ministry of Public Security confirmed the suitability of the strategy based on mobility, police roadblocks, police professionalism and good relationship with flagrancy courts to punish offenders.

The strategy of police on the streets to serve the people is the big change, "said the chief.

For Zamora these changes have been beneficial, as the officers on the street have a faster response there to respond to criminal acts and some perceived security people to see the officers everywhere.

"The big challenge is to achieve this statistic being in Mesoamerica in these difficult times, because we are in the most violent and still have good rates," the minister added. Meanwhile, the study reveals that Venezuela and Haiti are the most dangerous, the former has the highest homicide rate in Latin America after Honduras.

Moreover, Mexico ranks as the third most dangerous nation and has 5 of the 10 riskiest cities in the world.

Overall the study shows that Latin America is a region insecure, because only three countries scored well, including Costa Rica.