Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) said that Ciudad Juarez is the "most dangerous city in America." It's quite likely he'll be ridiculed in the press for this, but, actually, he is correct that Ciudad Juarez is in America. It's just not in the United States.
Cuidad Juarez is clearly in America. Pretty much anything this side of the world is in "America." In fact, it's even in North America. People tend not to think of it this way, I don't think, but Mexicans are our fellow norteamericanos, along with Canadians.
Whether it's the "most dangerous city" on the entire American continent is probably a judgment call, but possible. I'm no expert on the city of Juarez, but we've heard little positive in recent months, and much negative.
These things can change, and probably will in the case of Juarez. Cartegena, Colombia was once a dangerous city, but word is that much has changed, and that Cartegena is, once again, a tourist destination.
In any case, technically speaking, Gov. Perry is right about Juarez being in America. One would reasonably guess, however, that he wasn't thinking of it in the terms described above at the time he said it.
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