Suicides rates soar in socialist Venezuela as financial crisis continues

Suicides in Venezuela are on the rise as citizens struggle to survive during a financial crisis that has been ongoing for years. What are the details? While Venezuela’s government data is considered unreliable (if disclosed at all), Bloomberg News reports that suicides rates are rapidly climbing to levels the socialist country has never seen before. Available statistics obtained by Bloomberg indicate that in the capital city of Caracas alone, 786 suicides have occurred so far in 2018 . By comparison, the entire country saw 788 suicides total in 2012. More…