Guatemala Pre-Election Economic Violence by Gender and Category

Guatemala Pre-Election Economic Violence by Gender and Category

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Year: 
2015
Level of government: 
National

Economic violence reported by observers indicated that men were more often targeted by property damage, but that men and women were similarly targeted for other forms of economic violence such as bribery and economic coercion.

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