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Honduras

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HONDURAS

BY MANDY AND TYLER B4

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PROBLEM

  • Honduras becomes center of
  • drug trafficking and homicides

THE PROBLEM

  • Heavy drug trafficking and addiction (mainly cocaine)
  • Murder and crime
  • Spending all money on drugs
  • Poverty
  • Drug dealing only source of income

EVIDENCE

  • 20-25 tons of cocaine taken
  • Many found killed by street gangs
  • Anti-war news states: In the north, local gangs transporting drugs develop
  • armies of street dealers that contributes to homicide rates.

CAUSES

  • U.S high drug users
  • High demand
  • Corrupt coup de tat
  • Obama administration support of regime

POLICY

  • U.S. Border patrol and airplane security
  • Stop drugs from entering
  • Arrest drug traffickers
  • Can't catch all traffickers
  • Doesn't stop corruption in Honduras

NEW POLICIES

  • Limit use of private airlines
  • Police searches in Honduras
  • Border patrol in other Latin America countries
  • U.S. sends aid and military to Honduras
  • More police patrolling high gang areas

BEST POLICY-AID

  • U.S. send aid to poverty
  • Send military aid to fight violence of gangs
  • Help government set up free democratic election
  • Help set up police to fight violence
  • Obama Administration

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MORE STATS

  • 39% under poverty line
  • 7,172 murders in 2012
  • 48% of population living in rural areas