Venezuela has highest murder rate of South America, worse than Colombia

Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 23:29 UTC

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President Hugo Chavez Venezuela is on track to set a new record for murders and to remain South America's most violent country, according to data released by a crime watchdog. The Venezuela Violence Monitor (OVV) said this week that 19 336 people had been murdered in 2011, an average of 53 per day in a country of 29 million. Read full article

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ChrisR
At least Chavez will have something over Dinnerjacket when he comes to visit in January.

They will be able to swap plans of how to further destabilise each of their countries (if both of them live more than 12 months that is).
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