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Weekly Report - 18 January 2018 (WR-18-02)

Security dominates Costa Rican electoral debate

Costa Rica closed 2017 with a record 603 homicides (12 per 100,000 inhabitants), up from 579 in 2016, according to figures released by the judicial investigation police (OIJ). The issue dominated the second day of a two-day electoral debate organised by the electoral authorities (TSE) last week ahead of next month’s general elections. The government led by President Luis Guillermo Solís links the rise in domestic violence to growing international drug trafficking.

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