In Iraq, a country with about the same population as Venezuela, there were 4,644 civilian deaths from violence in 2009, according to Iraq Body Count; in Venezuela that year, the number of murders climbed above 16,000.

Even Mexico’s infamous drug war has claimed fewer lives.

Venezuelans have absorbed such grim statistics for years. Those with means have hidden their homes behind walls and hired foreign security experts to advise them on how to avoid kidnappings and killings. And rich and poor alike have resigned themselves to living with a murder rate that the opposition says remains low on the list of the government’s priorities.

Then a front-page photograph in a leading independent newspaper — and the government’s reaction — shocked the nation, and rekindled public debate over violent crime.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38812149/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

Will barak, chavez’s buddy, bring this to the US??

I love derp with my coffee.

Trollfessor - 23 August 2010 08:10 AM

I love derp with my coffee.

There you go, misusing the word again.

I beleive obama bowed to chavez.

Step 1:  Obama bows to Chavez
Step 2:  Derp
Step 3:  Obama will make the US more violent than Venezula and Iraq!!!1!!11!!!!!!one

Obviously you haven’t been along the Mexican border lately troll.  Mocking the problem won’t make it go away.. But go ahead, bury you head in the sand.

fred - 23 August 2010 07:00 AM

In Iraq, a country with about the same population as Venezuela, there were 4,644 civilian deaths from violence in 2009, according to Iraq Body Count; in Venezuela that year, the number of murders climbed above 16,000.

Even Mexico’s infamous drug war has claimed fewer lives.

Venezuelans have absorbed such grim statistics for years. Those with means have hidden their homes behind walls and hired foreign security experts to advise them on how to avoid kidnappings and killings. And rich and poor alike have resigned themselves to living with a murder rate that the opposition says remains low on the list of the government’s priorities.

Then a front-page photograph in a leading independent newspaper — and the government’s reaction — shocked the nation, and rekindled public debate over violent crime.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38812149/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

Will barak, chavez’s buddy, bring this to the US??

Aren’t all these Venezuelans Roman Catholics?
Seems like the Catholic Church could step in
and do something to stop all of the drug dealing
and murders.  Just curious.

s/HMP

Didn’t some idiot round here (a few weeks ago) keep insisting that the New Orleans French Quarter was the murder capital of the world?

I agree that Chavez Socialist Paradise is indeed neither - just like all places whose economy is ruled by command and one commander.  But to link that to Obama and an increase in US crime is a bit of a stretch.

clifford - 23 August 2010 11:13 PM

Didn’t some idiot round here (a few weeks ago) keep insisting that the New Orleans French Quarter was the murder capital of the world?

I agree that Chavez Socialist Paradise is indeed neither - just like all places whose economy is ruled by command and one commander.  But to link that to Obama and an increase in US crime is a bit of a stretch.

Some idiot??  Could you be a little more specific??

fred - 23 August 2010 07:00 AM

In Iraq, a country with about the same population as Venezuela, there were 4,644 civilian deaths from violence in 2009, according to Iraq Body Count; in Venezuela that year, the number of murders climbed above 16,000.

Even Mexico’s infamous drug war has claimed fewer lives.

Venezuelans have absorbed such grim statistics for years. Those with means have hidden their homes behind walls and hired foreign security experts to advise them on how to avoid kidnappings and killings. And rich and poor alike have resigned themselves to living with a murder rate that the opposition says remains low on the list of the government’s priorities.

Then a front-page photograph in a leading independent newspaper — and the government’s reaction — shocked the nation, and rekindled public debate over violent crime.

Will barak, chavez’s buddy, bring this to the US??

Duhwayne, I don’t, nor have I said your being an idiot is obama’s fault.. You did it all on your own..