Latin America
Re “A Stain Spreads Across Latin America,” Commentary, April 25: Sergio Munoz sounds quixotic when it comes to solving the problem of criminality in Latin America. The real problem is not institutional weakness but poverty and unchecked population growth (too many beggars for the crumbs falling off the capitalists’ tables). The Latin American countries can no longer sustain their population growths, but they continue to breed mindlessly out of superstition and ignorance.
Open, democratic societies and the rule of law are abstractions. The birth control pill and abortion are stark realities at hand. What is lacking is leadership.
MAURICIO DOMINGUEZ
Claremont
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