the annual global peace index was released again....
#1 Iceland, 11 years in a row
#2 New Zealand
followed by Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Canada, Singapore, Slovenia, Japan and Czech Republic, to round out the top 10.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/12/annual-global-index-rates-us-128th-most-peaceful-n/
what's very interesting is the fact that Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador rank higher than the US. So, how is it possible that "refugees" from these countries are given asylum, for the reason of them "fearing for their lives" in their home countries?
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/central-americas-violent-northern-triangle
Tens of thousands of Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Hondurans, many of them unaccompanied minors, have arrived in the United States in recent years, seeking asylum from the region’s skyrocketing violence. Their countries, which form a region known as the Northern Triangle, were rocked by civil wars in the 1980s, leaving a legacy of violence and fragile institutions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
homicide rate
country............rate.....count...year.......sourse
El Salvador......82.84...5,257...2016...OAS/CTS/RSC
Guatemala......27.26...4,520...2016...UNSDC/NP/CTS
Honduras...…..56.52...5,150...2016...OCAVI/NSO/CTS
United States...5.35..17,250...2016...NP/UNSDC/CTS
carl-berky-LAND looks like it has 1% lead over silver-spiker-LAND in usurped bid for peacefulness......
p.s. was just thinking about Falkland Islands and also, some dude named Noriega ....imperitavely unassuming ...
I discussed it earlier this year here:
Crisis in Central America Started by metmike - April 7, 2019, 8:06 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/27261/
As a follow up, I promised my nephew Luke(from North Dakota) that I would help him assist the poor children that he lives with in Guatemala. If anybody is interested in making a contribution, they can contact me at meteormike@msn.com or by using the contact moderator button.
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