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And Nicaragua is NOT on it, thanks to ...(tell us why you think that is)? Nor is Costa Rica, nor Ecuador, nor Canada (of course), ... however 45 of the 50 most violent cities in the world are found on the American continent. 40 of those top 50 are in Latin America, 4 are in the USA. Here's the article from Foreign Policy that begins:
"Living in Latin America, it seems, can be hazardous to your health. A combination of drugs, organized crime, and governments that are, at times, ill-equipped to handle the challenge has proved to be lethal, ..."


Ranked by number of homocides per 100,000 residents, here are the top 21,

1 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 158.87
2 Juárez, México 147.77
3 Maceió, Brasil 135.26
4 Acapulco, México 127.92
5 Distrito Central, Honduras 99.69
6 Caracas, Venezuela 98.71
7 Torreón, México 87.75
8 Chihuahua, México 82.96
9 Durango, México 79.88
10 Belém, Brasil 78.04
11 Cali, Colombia 77.90
12 Guatemala, Guatemala 74.58
13 Culiacán, México 74.46
14 Medellín, Colombia 70.32
15 Mazatlán, México 68.94
16 Tepic, México 68.05
17 Vitoria, Brasil 67.82
18 Veracruz, México 59.94
19 Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela 58.91
20 San Salvador, El Salvador 58.63
21 New Orleans, USA 57.88


This compares cities of widely different populations. Looking only at the total number of murders in the bloodiest cities & their populations for 2011,

Caracas, Venezuela 3,164 __3,205,463
Guatemala, Guatemala 2,248 __3,014,060
Salvador(y RMS), Brasil 2,037 __3,574,804
Juárez, México 1,974 __1,335,890
Recife, Brasil 1,793 __3,717,640
Cali, Colombia 1,720 __2,207,994
Monterrey, México 1,680 __4,160,339
Belo Horizonte, Brasil 1,680 __4,883,721


It would seem Hugo Chavez wins, which may speak to the more subtle design behind the new 'socialism', bottled mayhem & anarchy.