El Salvador 2014

The main issues

A few statistics

• Population 6.2 million. 60% of people live in towns. • In 2010, El Salvador ranked twelfth among Latin

America in terms of the Human Development Index• Life expectancy 72 years • Literacy rate 84%• On average, 10 homicides a day, 530 femicides from

January to May (2014)• 20% of Salvadorians live outside the country ,US and EU• The textile industry is the largest exporter

• Natural Disasters• Climate change• Civil War• Oscar Romero’s legacy• Violence gangs

securitygender and femicide

• Dependence on United States

Main issues in El Salvador

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