It is called curfew as it establishes a government in exceptional situations for limit free movement through the streets and stay in public spaces . This decision is linked to the intention of safeguarding the security and to minimize possible disturbances or clashes.
Typically, the curfew is established in the middle of riots , revolutions or wars . Through the security forces, the government ensures that the ban is respected since those who violate the curfew are arrested or returned to their homes.
Many times the curfew is set to night time , when street surveillance is more complicated. In this way, the policeman , he army or another force is in charge of controlling the city from sunset to dawn, making sure that there are no people touring the area, meeting or demonstrating.
Various governments, throughout the history , have set the curfew at particular times. In the decade of 1980 , the Peruvian authorities applied the curfew to combat terrorist acts. In 2010 , Chile He also applied the curfew after an earthquake to avoid looting in the middle of the lack of control.
Although it may seem to us that curfew is something that seems taken from the past, it is not so. A good example of that is, for example, that in 2010 it was imposed in the Chilean city of Constitución. An earthquake that devastated the city caused the reigning chaos to be exploited by many people to proceed to plunder supermarkets and shops. Given that, what happened was that the government established a curfew at the time between 6 pm and 12 noon the next day.
It was a total of eighteen hours a day subject to this governmental imposition with which it was intended to ensure that this type of looting came to an end and that members of the security forces can have the population under control and out of danger.
Moreover, even recently in Kenya that curfew has also been imposed after certain terrorist attacks have taken place.
Sometimes, the curfew is oriented only to a social group. In the city Panamanian of Colon For example, the local government decreed curfew for minors between 20 and the 6 hours . The measure aimed to prevent young people from being exposed to irrigation situations.
More colloquially, the curfew is also used by many parents when determining departure times with their teenage children. Thus, when they want to take advantage to go out with their friends or to do some activity with them, it is common for their parents to determine an hour for them to return home. In this way, they are told, for example, that the curfew to be picked up, for example, is at 12 at night.
