If the abuser is a child, he or she is more at risk of being attacked, whereas if a child is abused it is more related to psychological and emotional violence.

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"When there is as much inequity as we have here in the region, that inequality creates inequalities and 'bullying' is actually a problem of inequality of powers,"

According to Darer, that 70%, which also includes harassers, is an average taken from the different studies that Plan International has done in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Haiti, the Republic Dominican Republic, Panama and Bolivia.

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In Latin America, 70% of the student population is affected by bullying, being the most violent countries in the world