Posted on 12/28/2011 11:54:36 AM PST by decimon
A Venezuelan campaign group says the country has suffered a record number of murders in 2011.
The Venezuela Violence Observatory says at least 19,336 people have been killed this year, an average of 53 a day.
The figures suggest Venezuela's murder rate is the highest in South America and four times that of Mexico.
Criminal violence is set to be a major issue in next year's elections, when President Hugo Chavez is seeking another term in office.
"We must inform the nation that 2011 will end as the the most violent year in the nation's history," the Venezuela Violence Observatory (OVV) said in a news release.
Its figures - based on research by several Venezuelan universities - suggest that in 2011 Venezuela had a murder rate of 67 per 100,000 inhabitants.
That compares to 32 per 100,000 last year in neighbouring Colombia and 14 per 100,000 in Mexico, two countries suffering widespread drug-related violence.
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Wow!
They make Mexico look like pikers!
Maybe they will start thinking about getting some gun control laws?
Meanwhile, the one person who needs to be murdered is still in power.
Glorious Socialist State has violence problem......? How did that happen?
/sarc
Venezuela = 67/100K
Colombia = 32/100K
Mexico 14/100K
New Orleans = 52/100k
Detroit = 34.4/100K
Chicago = 15.6/100K
LA = 9.6/100k
New York = 6.3/100K USA total = 4.8/100K (2010)
The stats match up with the amount of socialism in each place.
| New Hampshire | 1 |
| Vermont | 1.1 |
| Idaho | 1.3 |
| Iowa | 1.3 |
| Wyoming | 1.4 |
| North Dakota | 1.5 |
| Hawaii | 1.8 |
| Maine | 1.8 |
| Minnesota | 1.8 |
| Utah | 1.9 |
| Washington | 2.3 |
| Colorado | 2.4 |
| Oregon | 2.4 |
| Montana | 2.6 |
| Wisconsin | 2.7 |
| Rhode Island | 2.8 |
| South Dakota | 2.8 |
| Nebraska | 3 |
| Massachusetts | 3.2 |
| West Virginia | 3.3 |
| Kansas | 3.5 |
| Connecticut | 3.6 |
| Ohio | 4.1 |
| New Jersey | 4.2 |
| Kentucky | 4.3 |
| Alaska | 4.4 |
| Indiana | 4.5 |
| New York | 4.5 |
| Virginia | 4.6 |
| Arkansas | 4.7 |
| California | 4.9 |
| North Carolina | 5 |
| Texas | 5 |
| Florida | 5.2 |
| Oklahoma | 5.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.2 |
| Delaware | 5.3 |
| Illinois | 5.5 |
| Tennessee | 5.6 |
| Alabama | 5.7 |
| Michigan | 5.7 |
| Georgia | 5.8 |
| Nevada | 5.9 |
| South Carolina | 6.1 |
| Arizona | 6.4 |
| New Mexico | 6.9 |
| Mississippi | 7 |
| Missouri | 7 |
| Maryland | 7.4 |
| Louisiana | 11.2 |
| Washington DC | 21.9 |
Thanks.
Could American murder rates have anything to do with continent-of-origin? Oh, probably not. Just ruminating.
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