Crime in Semi-Rural Venezuela

POLICE PAY HIT MAN TO CLEAN UP CRIME IN SMALL-TOWN VENEZUELA   http://www.aporrea.org/regionales/n153146.html  Panorama, VE Small towns in Venezuela aren’t as dangerous as New York City.  But it certainly isn’t Mayberry with Barney Fief as the deputy.  The Crime rate in Machiques is up a lot since the last time I was living here, 4 … Continue reading →

Venezuelan paramilitaries

Pamphlets of Death and Paramilitary Activity in Maracaibo   ‘Armed’ to the teeth’ commandos came and put us up against the wall to search us. They said that if they saw us talking again in the corner, they were going to f**k us over. “So recounted Francisco (fictitious name of a young man of 17 … Continue reading →