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In the 11 years he's been in office, the murder rate in the country has increased by a factor of 4, to a staggering 140 per 100,000, the highest in the world.
by miked 17y ago
In the 11 years he's been in office, the murder rate in the country has increased by a factor of 4, to a staggering 140 per 100,000, the highest in the world.
- lutorm 17y agoActually, it's pretty tied with Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Since you imply the murder rate in Venezuela is Chavez's fault, I assume the leaders of the other countries are at fault there, too? Except none of those countries have politics in any way similar to Venezuela's... Besides, actual dictatorships tend to have a very low rate of homicides, at least reported such.
- philwelch 17y agoWell, other than the homicides committed by the dictatorship itself, of course.
- miked 17y agoDoh! My bad. the 140 per 100,000 rate I cited is for the capital, Caracas. For the country as a whole the rate is 54 per 100K, second highest in the world. The 4x increase under Chavez stands. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031102490.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03...
- donaldc 17y agoAssuming an average lifespan of 70, that implies that an average citizen there now has about a 10% chance of dying by murder. Gruesome.