Central America Political Violence and Protest Events by Municipality
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Description
This dataset tracks political violence and protest events across Central America, sourced from the ACLED database by Acción contra el hambre and GIS4tech. It records six specific event types including Armed Clashes, Riots, and Violence Against Civilians at the municipal, department, and country levels. The data was last updated in March 2026 to support conflict dynamics analysis.
Use Cases
Analyzing the frequency of 'Violence Against Civilians' to identify high-risk municipal zones
Mapping 'Protests' and 'Riots' to track regional political instability over time
Correlating 'Armed Clashes' with 'Early Warning' alerts for conflict escalation modeling
Strengths
Granular geographic reporting at the municipal and department levels
Standardized event categorization based on the ACLED database framework
Includes six distinct event types for multi-dimensional conflict analysis
Limitations
Total record count and file size are not specified in the metadata
Subject to reporting biases common in conflict data derived from media and local reports
Provenance
Source
ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project) via GIS4tech
Collection Method
Aggregated from the ACLED database and distributed via the PREDISAN platform
Freshness
Updated as of March 2026.
Geography
Central America (Country, Department, and Municipal levels)
The dataset is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license; users should credit Acción contra el hambre and GIS4tech.