NICARAGUA’S revolution changed people’s consciousness, bringing about a relative social peace and spirit of solidarity, the country’s arm of Save the Children said yesterday as new figures showed it to have the lowest murder rate in Central America.
A global UN report on homicide rates this year revealed Nicaragua has 8.3 murders per 100,000 people.
This compares with the US-backed regimes in Honduras and El Salvador with a shocking 70 murders for every 100,000 people.
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