Femicide in Latin America

SAŽETAK S obzirom na nedostatak latinskoameričkih studija u hrvatskoj politologiji, a posebice na temu nasilja nad ženama, u ovom radu istražuje se femicid u Latinskoj Americi. Cilj je odgovoriti na pitanje koje su posebitosti slučajeva femicida u Meksiku i Gvatemali? Analiziraju se posebitosti oba slučaja, poput maquiladora u Ciudad Juarezu i građanskog rata u Gvatemali. Oba slučaja povezuje dominantna kultura mačizma i marijanizma koja uvelike utječe na sveprisutnu kulturu nekažnjavanja zločina nasilja nad ženama.
Since Latin-American studies are not widely presented in the field of Croatian political science, especially the topic of violence against women, this thesis deals with the topic of femicide in Latin America. The goal is to answer the question: what are the specifics of the cases of femicide in Mexico and Guatemala? The specifics of both cases are analyzed, such as maquiladoras in Ciudad Juarez and civil war in Guatemala. Both cases are connected by the dominant culture of machismo and marianismo that has a significant influence on the overall culture of impunity of crimes of violence against women.