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Weekly Report - 20 February 2014 (WR-14-07)
HONDURAS: Hernández celebrates progress in less than a month
The Observatorio de la Violencia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) released its annual homicide figures for 2013 this week. While Honduras still has the highest homicide rate in the world, the UNAH report notes that the first “significant” decline to date was registered in 2013, with the rate down 5.8% to 79 per 100,000 inhabitants, from 85.5 in 2012.
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