by Latin News and Prensa Latina
Néstor ReverolReport by Latin News – Venezuela’s interior and justice minister, Néstor Reverol, admitted this week that homicides increased by 14 pecent in 2012 to 16,072 compared with a year earlier. The murder rate has increased from 48 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011, Reverol said, to 54.
This is more than twice the murder rate in Peru where the government, under heavy public and media pressure, this week announced the creation of an elite police intelligence team to crack down on criminal gangs to try and combat.
Venezuela’s acting president, Nicolás Maduro, said that ending violence in the country required “an integral and Socialist vision”, and appealed to artists and sportsmen to assist in developing a plan to tackle it.
Creator of free software Richard Stallman in Bolivia
Richard Stallman, the creator of computer free software, assured that his visit to La Paz, capital of Bolivia, has the intention to supervise the implementation of this technology in the South American country.
According to a note from the Bolivian Free Software Community in La Paz, Stallman will supervise the Bolivian government in adopting this kind of computer system, a year after the promulgation of the Law of Telecommunications, which includes a specific Stock Exchange, sometimes known as the “Big Board”, that is located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City.
In 1985, Stallman created the Free Software Foundation with the objective to defend the fundamental rights of the free software users.
Now, this institution extends on a world wide net to promote and spread the technology. Some South American countries such as Brazil and Ecuador have already adopted this technology.
Free software is a different way to adopt the computer system technology, thanks to a base of licenses to share creations, and information in general.
Anti-hunger campaign begins in Mexico
The National Anti-Hunger Campaign, which includes the 400 poorest Mexican municipalities in this first year, is beginning here today.
This is a comprehensive program that will target 7,400,000 people, with federal, state, and municipal entities taking part through agricultural, health, and educational projects, among others.
According to reports, a total of 11,000 people died in Mexico in 2011 due to malnutrition related problems.
The current Mexican government which took power last December, has set among its priorities the fight against hunger, extreme poverty, and social inequality.
Honduras debts are around six thousand 500 million dollars
The external and internal debts of Honduras are around six thousand 500 million dollars, which represents 38 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) of the Central American nation, officials said.
Currently debt is estimated in approximately $3.7 million dollars and $2,800 (internal) million, said the head of the Ministry of Finance Wilfredo Cerrato, quoted by the newspaper La Tribuna.
Despite the Honduran debit said Cerrato, the fiscal deficit will remain at 4.5 percent of GDP as planned in the Budget of Revenues and Expenditures 2013.
Regarding inflation, expected to close this year at 5.5 to six percent of GDP, due mainly to foreign exchange outflow by rising oil prices in the international market.
He noted that the reserves increased by almost 20 percent by dollar inflows from sovereign bonds, which have been used to pay for government vendors.
In February Honduran administration managed to sell $500 million in sovereign bonds in foreign markets, to 7.5 by the way of interest and payable within 11 years.
