Context

• 1 person dies every 30 minutes
• Military dictatorship present - lack of human rights
• 100,000 people involved in drug trade, 100,000 people on the payroll
• 90% of deaths due to high calibre guns
• 20% people live in absolute poverty
• Old women started the drug trade to get by but men overruled this and turned it into a full-time occupation
• Disparity between those living below the poverty line (receive 2% of the GDP) and the top 10% (who receive 50.6%) is greater than most other countries in the world