Comments on: According to Venezuela’s People’s Ombudsman soaring crime is just a “sensation” created by the media

By: De acuerdo a la Defensora del Pueblo, el aumento de la inseguridad es una “sensacion” creada por los medios « El Excremento del Diablo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:38:21 +0000

[...] De acuerdo a la Defensora del Pueblo, el aumento de la inseguridad es una “sensacion” creada por los medios Julio 21, 2009 (This post in English here) [...]

By: moctavio

moctavio — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:15:02 +0000

Here is my plot for violent deaths:

http://devilsexcrement.com/2006/12/11/a-picture-is-worth-10000-words-7-violent-deaths/

By: Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » The FREE BISCET NOW Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:27:42 +0000

[...] According to Venezuela’s People’s Ombudsman soaring crime is just a “sensation” created by t… [...]

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:04:09 +0000

Is there a virus going around in Latin America? Now Ortega also wants to change the Nicaraguan constitution to allow successive re-election for presidents!!!

By: frank

frank — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:02:18 +0000

Gringo: The number of 8,000 murders for 1998 appears to be high. Given the 1998 murder rate of 22/100,000, and the 1998 population of about 22.8 million, that comes out to around 5000 murders.

I did a search for Briceño-Leon, from Laboratorio Venezolano de la Violencia, and he puts the number for 1998 on 4,400 and he says that violence had remained stable since the early 90s (with a peak in 1992) until Chavez came to power. It was up from then on. There is a interview with him in Analitica (in Spanish):

http://www.analitica.com/va/sociedad/articulos/3584734.asp

By: Crow

Crow — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:48:25 +0000

A Spanish Catalan newspaper is reporting that Honduran authorities have seized computers found in the Presidential Palace belonging to deposed president Mel Zelaya. Taking a page right out of the leftist dictator’s handbook, these computers, according to the news report, contained the official and certified results of the illegal constitutional referendum Zelaya wanted to conduct that never took place. The results of this fraudulent vote was tilted heavily in Zelaya’s favor, ensuring he could go ahead and illegally change the constitution so he could remain in power for as long as he wanted to.
This is the man that the OAS, the UN, and the Obama State Department want the Honduran people to reinstall as their leader.

By: GWEH

GWEH — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:45:44 +0000

wait till crystal meth hits Venezuela. At some point the Mexicans, Chinese, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans and others are going to realize that making meth in an ALBA country is so much better than dealing with Colombian grown coca!

By: GWEH

GWEH — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:34:28 +0000

Here it is:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-09-806

I can see Chavismo counter-information and deception swinging into action with conjecture, hearsay and unsubstantiated tales of US (CIA) drug running in Central America during the 80′s … that’s the best they can do unless you want to include their ‘DEA running drugs’ in Venezuela claim. Then they will go into “the USA is the number one consumer of cocaine blah blah blah…”

But Venezuela is the NUMBER ONE PER CAPITA consumer of cocaine in the world and this fact is nothing new. That is Venezuela’s dirty little secret along with the lowest median age (12 years) for cocaine addiction (basuco). Really, Venezuelans beat Colombians at their own game.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:12:55 +0000

frank: Is the number of murders for 1998 right? The number I’ve heard is 4,500.

The number of 8,000 murders for 1998 appears to be high. Given the 1998 murder rate of 22/100,000, and the 1998 population of about 22.8 million, that comes out to around 5000 murders.

I am with those who believe there has been some fudging associated with the post 2004 lowering of the murder rate, since WIKI about a year ago listed the murder rate as being in the 60s circa 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate_to_1999

http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact98/259.htm

By: Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:57:19 +0000

Yes, GWEH, he is one lucky guy with a strong constitution. Fortunately, the shooter didn’t have a good aim; my nephew is still recovering.