Category: Crime

The List: Murder Capitals of the World

By Guillermo Casanova

From Foreign Policy Posted September 2008Reliable global crime statistics are hard to come by, but here are five cities that stand in a class all their own when it comes to brutal, homicidal violence.Caracas, VenezuelaPopulation: 3.2 millionMurder rate: 130 per 100,000 residents (official)What’s happening: The capital of Chávez country, Caracas has become far more dangerous in recent years than any South American city, even beating out the once notorious Bogotá. What’s worse, the city’s official homicide statistics likely fall short of the mark because they omit prison-related murders as well as deaths that the state never gets around to properly “categorizing.” The numbers also don’t count those who died while “resisting arrest,” suggesting that Caracas’s cops—already known for their brutality against student protesters—might be cooking the books... more »

Send feedback »  |  Categories: Politics, Venezuela, News, International, Crime  |  on 8 Oct, 2008 | Tags: cities, crime, dangerous cities, murder, news, rusia, statistics, venezuela, world

We're all CIA

By Guillermo Casanova

Damn You! If you still believe Venezuela is an exemplary country, a role model because of Hugo Chavez and his Revolution. Did you read Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell? or The Process by Kafka? Well take the worst that happens in those books and put them all together in a blender, add some latin flavor and what you get is "La Revolución Bolivariana" (The Bolivarian Revolution).Last week a new law was imposed on Venezuela, the Law on the National Intelligence and Counterintelligence System... more »

Send feedback »  |  Categories: Politics, Opinion, Venezuela, News, Crime  |  on 1 Jun, 2008 | Tags: chávez, cuba, police, politics, totalitarism, ussr, venezuela