El Salvador has accumulated a record 365 days without killings, its president said

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[–]IMissPorn 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Haha. Reminds me of a joke.

I'm sorry sir, we're closed.
But doesn't your sign say 24-hours?
Yes... but we never said 24 in a row.

Same deal here. That's 365 murder-free days total, not in a row.

[–]AXXA[S] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

That's why the headline says "accumulated".

[–]IMissPorn 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Fair enough, it's just kind of a weak cause for celebration.

Still, I suppose it's decent progress considering how bad it was before.

[–]AXXA[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It is a weird way of looking at it. The underlying statistics are still impressive though. They dropped the murder rate by an order of magnitude over four years.

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They dropped the murder rate by an order of magnitude over four years.

Imagine the progress if they used more accumulated figures.