Economic crises in Venezuela may propel
that country to the position of one of the Caribbean's largest supplier of
illegal guns and ammunition, along with Haiti and the United States of America,
says Anthony Clayton, professor of Caribbean sustainable development at the
Univer-sity of the West Indies. "It is not just the (illegal gun) trade
with Haiti or the import of weapons from the United States. There is going to
be a third major source of supply into the Caribbean region and that is
Venezuela," Clayton told The Gleaner yesterday. Clayton said that
Venezuela has more guns per person than any country in the Western Hemisphere,
a deliberate move by former President Hugo Ch·vez. More…
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