Venezuela Is Now More Dangerous Than Afghanistan

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War News Updates Editor [Canadian] posts this surprising piece. I thought a state strictly controlled by a dictator like Chavez who seems to be on his last legs] would better control their population.I was also under the impression Venezuela had strict gun control.

From The Telegraph

Venezuela, the most violent country in South America, recorded a new high of 21,692 murders this year along with a surge in kidnappings, prison riots and random shootings.

The number of victims was up by 12 per cent from last year when there were 19,336 deaths, the Venezuelan Violence Observatory said in its annual report.

High profile killings included that of a three year-old child, Edgar Torres, who was fired on 10 times while he was asleep in bed, after a gunman had come in to kill a teenage relative.

In August more than 20 people were killed in a battle between two heavily armed groups inside the Yare I prison. More than 300 prisoners died in Venezuelan jails in the first half of the year.

The Mexican ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife were seized from their car in a wealthy area of Caracas and held for several hours before being released alive in a slum in January.
Read more ....Venezuela murder rate soars - Telegraph
My Comment: Some of these stats are "eye-opening" ....

.... There are more murders in Venezuela than in the United States and the 27 countries of the European Union combined. In Caracas the murder rate is more than 200 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Here is another 'eye-opening' stat .... total NATO casualties in over 11 years of war in Afghanistan is 3,245. Coalition casualties in operation Iraqi Freedom were 4,804
 
Granny says dey was prob'ly fightin' over a stripper...
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US officials injured in shooting at strip club in Venezuela
Thu, May 30, 2013 - Two officials from the US embassy suffered gunshot wounds early on Tuesday during an altercation at a strip club in Venezuela’s crime-ridden capital, police and US Department of State officials said. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The circumstances of the shooting were unclear, with conflicting reports over whether it happened inside or outside the Antonella 2012 nightclub. Police said the two US officials were shot following a brawl inside the club, which is in the basement of a shopping center in the upper-middle-class Chacao neighborhood of Caracas. A woman who works at the club said the two men got into a fight with each other.

The club’s Twitter account features racy photographs of nude or scantily clad women pole dancing, posing inside cages or reclining on beds. The text under one photograph invites visitors to come and watch the club’s “sexy show.” “Apparently, it was a fight originating in a nightspot where these people were attacked, and shots were fired at them and they suffered gunshot wounds,” police spokesman Douglas Rico told TV channel Globovision at the health clinic where the victims were taken. He said one was shot in the leg and abdomen, and the other was shot in the abdomen.

A police official identified one of the victims as military attache Roberto Ezequiel Rosas. She said he was shot in the right leg during an argument outside the night club in Chacao, which is east of the city center. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to release the information publicly, said she had no information on suspects. Deisy Ron, who identified herself as the club’s artistic director, said that she was not at work when the shooting happened, but that employees she supervises told her that the men got into an argument and started throwing punches inside the club. “They were fighting with each other,” she said. “One of them pulled out a gun and shot the other in the stomach and the leg.”

Ron said she did not know how the other man was injured or how he managed to take a firearm into the club, which has metal detectors at the entrance. In Washington, US Department of State spokesman William Ostick confirmed that “two members of the US embassy in Caracas were injured during an incident early this morning.” “Medical staff inform us that their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening,” Ostick said. “Embassy security and health unit personnel are at the hospital, and have been in touch with the two individuals and their families.”

Patrick Ventrell, another US Department of State spokesman, told reporters that the incident happened in “some sort of social spot, or somewhere outside of the embassy grounds.” “I am not sure if it was a restaurant or a nightclub, or what the actual establishment was, but that is why we are in touch with embassy personnel,” he said. A reporter who went to the scene saw no obvious signs of a shooting, though plain-clothes police officers were investigating the area outside the club.

US officials injured in shooting at strip club in Venezuela - Taipei Times
 
The Venezuelans are coming!, the Venezuelans are coming!...
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Wealthy Venezuelans Fleeing South America Want to Buy Homes Here
March 13, 2014 — As unrest continues in their homeland, the remaining wealthy residents of Venezuela have fixed their gaze largely on the Florida real estate market and some in New York.
About 13 people died in violent street rallies, according to Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega. But opposition groups say the number of dead is higher. "Venezuelans are transferring full families, so it's not about amenities for them," said Jacky Teplitzky, a real estate broker with Douglas Elliman. "They want to be close to good schools and areas where they can shop for groceries. It's not so much the luxury but about quality of life and community."

A wave of anti-government demonstrations has been sweeping through Venezuela since early February, but Teplitzky said interest in her services by Venezuelans increased by 10% in the last six months. Demonstrators complain about record inflation and shortages of staples. "This wave of Venezuelans are being forced out because there's no food and because there's long lines to get basic supplies," Teplitzky told MainStreet. "They will buy properties for under a million and they like Florida because the purchase price is lower and yet Miami is still a high end market."

The ones that do invest in real estate in New York are exploring Williamsburg, the Upper East Side and Brooklyn Heights. "It's not prime Manhattan real estate but you can still find decent returns in these neighborhoods," said Dylan Pichulik, CEO of XL Real Property Management, which manages real estate properties in New York for foreign buyers. "There isn't a ton of foreign investment from Venezuela but they are more into wealth preservation than capital appreciation and seek a safe asset that will preserve their wealth."

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