A protester against Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's policies against organized crime shows a banner against violence during a manifestation in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, November 20, 2010. Photo: Fidel Aguilar Castillo/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved.
The #LifeInstinct coalition aims at promoting an honest and open debate about the apparent normality with which we live today in the midst of violence in the region. It aims at challenging the status quo and building solutions based on evidence and respect for human rights.
There are indeed grounds for urgency: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela account for 38% of the world's homicides. That is, in Latin America and the Caribbean, there are 4 homicides every 15 minutes - an average of 144.000 people get killed each year.
