re: Would you visit anywhere in Central/South America right now as an American?

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Of course, Guatemala City isn't very safe

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Same with Honduras, but if you stay away from the really poor, rural areas and the bad neighborhoods in the big cities it isn't that bad. I wouldn't live there, but you aren't getting robbed and shot on sight. The crime that ruins Central American countries are because everyone is poor and gangs allow them a chance to make money, and their is no real police presence to stop the extortion and robbery of the citizens of those countries.