“And now comes a new report by Nobel laureates Rigoberta Menchu from Guatemala and American Jody Williams, which found that femicides increased by 257 percent in Honduras from 2002 to 2010, “a period that saw a doubling of U.S. money for military and police,” according to CNN. The report argues that the U.S.-backed military and police in Honduras, Mexico, and Guatemala, which are ostensibly being funded to fight drug cartels, are actually part of the problem, “committing abuses and stirring up more violence.” And though the governments formally recognize this, the report states, they do little in practice to abate the violence against women.”
Juliana Jimenez Jaramillo’s “How the War on Drugs Hurts Women” (June 2012)
(Source: Slate)
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