Crime in Venezuela

Venezuela has just presented us with the example of a government that has had to bow down to reality. President Nicolás Maduro's attempts, as was the case of his predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chávez, to cover up the soaring crime figures in the country — including resorting to censuring the media — have been to no avail. The murder of a popular actress and former beauty queen in the course of a robbery, in which her partner was also killed and her five-year-old daughter wounded, has left the official policy of keeping silent on the lack of security in the country in disarray. More...