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Durante los últimos años, los niveles de violencia han aumentado considerablemente en Latinoamérica. Por ejemplo la tasa de homicidios se ha incrementado en más de un 40 %, dándole a Latinoamérica y al Caribe la no muy honrosa distinción de ser la segunda región más violenta del mundo. Por desgracia, Costa Rica no ha sido la excepción.

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De mucha actualidad es la discusión idiomática acerca del uso genérico del masculino para designar los dos sexos. En este sentido hay que recordar que en español el plural en masculino implica ambos géneros, así que al dirigirse, por ejemplo, a un público, no es necesario decir: “amigos y amigas” o "muchachas y muchachos". Basta decir “amigos” o “muchachos”.

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