Honduras records the world's highest murder rate

Q: Honduras has the world's highest murder rate with 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people in 2012 , according to a United Nations report published last week. Where is Honduras?

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Q: The UN reported that the Americas have overtaken Africa as the region with highest peacetime murder rate, and Central America fared particularly badly. Belize had a murder rate of 44.7 per 100,000 people, while it was 41.2 in El Salvador which is . . .

A. Northwest of Honduras

B. Northeast of Honduras

C. Southeast of Honduras

D. Southwest of Honduras

Q: Gang warfare plagues Honduras. It has been invaded by cartels from which nation that has suffered thousands of drug-related murders in recent years?

A. Colombia

B. Mexico

C. Costa Rica

D. United States

Q: Honduras is one of the poorest nations in the Americas, with 60 percent of its people living in poverty. Which is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere?

A. Haiti

B. Bermuda

C. Chile

D. Nicaragua

Q: In addition to poverty, the distribution of income is very unequal in Honduras. Which nation has the most income equality in the Americas?

A. Argentina

B. Venezuela

C. Canada

D. United States


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