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Venezuela has world's second highest homicide rate: 24.980 killings in the year

Wednesday, December 31st 2014 - 03:17 UTC
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Venezuela has the second highest homicide rate in the world, according to a report released by the NGO Venezuelan Violence Observatory. The country's homicide rate for 2014 stood at 82 per 100,000, with a total of 24,980 killings recorded for the year. The figure marked an uptick from the group’s estimate for the year prior, which stood at 79 per 100,000. Read full article

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  • Briton

    What a sad world we live in,
    human life is so cheap,

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 11:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @1. Certainly cheap in Venezuela. Why does MADurine think he's 'special'? Shouldn't the president lead the way? Tip for Venezuelans: MADurine is focussed on death and murder. His own. So give him both!

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    These figures are for 2012 - what about now?

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 01:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    3@
    probably to ashamed to show the latest figures...

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Skip

    Australia and Venesuela have almost similar populations.

    But it would take Australia a CENTURY to reach 24,980 homicides. Indeed there weren't that many homicides in Australia for the entire 20th century.

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    They are going to export this skill to China for population control.

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    Is this just another example of Paul Cedron, Nostrils, and Brasiliero's LATAM superiority??

    http://www.littlethings.com/rescue-dog-no-paws/

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • cornelius

    MORE PEOPLE ARE WOUNDED AND KILL IN VENEZUELA THAN IN IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN COMBINE.FOLLOW BY MEXICO AND BRAZIL OF COURSE ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENTS COUNTRIES IN THE SOUTH HEMISPHEARE AND OF COURSE LET'S NOT FORGET ARGENTINA WITH ITS GROWING SOCIALISM AND FOOTBALL FOR EVERYONE AND NOW URUGUAY IS ALSO WITH A GROWING CRIME , WHERE VIOLENT CRIME STARTING TO SHOW OF COURSE SOMEHOW THE “SO CALL PEOLPLE” HAVE TO SUPLEMENT THE GOBERMENT HANDOUT WITH CRIME FOR THE EXTRAS.HA.

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 08:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    8 Cornelius

    Do you notice that the MercOsur member countries NEVER criticise the Human Rights Abuses of the Venezuelan Government??

    “Ideology before People”, again!! - as usual !!

    Dec 31st, 2014 - 10:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • cornelius

    @ Troy
    Of course what do you spec from totalitarian left wing communist corrupt leaders.
    When will the Latam countries will follow winners not losers is very difficult when the people think the government as a big nanny and those who work hard are branded exploiters by their demagogue leaders.

    Jan 01st, 2015 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Neither do these trolls. Seems what ever Hispanics do is A OK if as long as it is an Hispanic doing. Even stevie. Citizen Of The world....oops...I mean pablo....or was that Parago now.....hard to keep up, thinks it is all ok.

    Jan 01st, 2015 - 06:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    manga de pelotudos
    i am totally against maduro, kirchner, evo morales, rafael correa, etc.
    what latam superiority are you talking about, you manga de pelotudos?

    as i wisely, wisely said, they have the same structure of thought as you, you 3rd class warmongers.

    Jan 02nd, 2015 - 11:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    hehehehe......is this your standup stevie? Trying out for Comedy Central?

    Jan 02nd, 2015 - 01:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @12. “wisely”? From you? Pillock! If you are 'totally against maduro, kirchner, evo morales, rafael correa, etc.' why do you have a problem with what we'd like to do to them?

    But at least you seem to recognise that there is no 'latam superiority'. In fact, latam may reach the Dark Ages in around 400 years! Then there's just another 600 years before latam reaches the Middle Ages. What should you learn? You can't EVER catch up. WE will ALWAYS be better. WE've had empires, agricultual, industrial, computer revolutions, wars that WE've won, barbarians that WE've subjugated, deviants WE've brought into civilisation (although there are backsliders).

    Past time that you started to display proper gratitude. Without US, you'd still be somewhere else. You wouldn't be able to annoy US, or make US laugh, with your stupidity. WE wouldn't be able to watch you making the mistakes we made 500 years ago and learned from.

    At what point in time can you get assholes in a sleeve? Do you get the point of language? It's about communication. Communicate the meaning of assholes in a sleeve. Anbd did you not notice that you are supposed to communicate in a proper language? English! Why do you think you can ignore rules? Because you're an argie? Try a little humility. You've conducted genocide, murder, rape, invasion, occupation, theft, lies, disgusting personal behaviour that a pig would think twice about, corruption and criminality, deviancy. And winners in the Animal of the Year contest.

    Perhaps you could consider changing your 'style'? Or suicide?

    Jan 02nd, 2015 - 02:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    12@
    i am totally against
    as i wisely, wisely said,,,

    wise words..........no action..

    Jan 02nd, 2015 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • malicious bloke

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

    Top 6, all latam countries
    Top 25 is split between latam and africa.

    How wonderfully “cultural” and “diverse”.

    Jan 03rd, 2015 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    According to stevie everyone is a warmonger. However he discounts his commie dictocrats of leaders. That is why he left and never returned to SA.

    Jan 03rd, 2015 - 03:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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