telegraph.co.uk - 10/13/2008
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Venezuela now has more murders than Colombia despite its neighbour being officially at war against Marxist guerillas.
english.eluniversal.com - 10/14/2008
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english.eluniversal.com —
Economy Amid the fall of crude oil prices,
some specialized firms have begun to estimate the impact...
of the economic crisis on the finances of petroleum exporting countries. According to studies prepared by PFC Consulting Limited, a Washington-based ...
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powerlineblog.com - 10/20/2008
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powerlineblog.com —
Don't miss Byron York's wonderful account of a
McCain rally in Virginia, and his encounter with Tito...
Munoz, the owner of a small construction business who is irate with the media's treatment of Joe the Plumber: Someone asked why Munoz had come to ...
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"I Was Born in Colombia, But I Was Made in the U.S.A."
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HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES ! GOAL !
Dr. Sanity —
... Ahhh. I see that Chavez' policies have improved the economy there....and Venezuelans have, under his careful guidance managed to surpass even Columbia's murder rate! ...
How’s that "Socialist Utopia" Thing Working, Hugo?
Stones Cry Out —
Not so well, it appears. For starters, it’s a much more dangerous place to live in.
Venezuela now has more murders than Colombia - despite its neighbour being officially at war against Marxist guerillas.
Venezuela endures 48 murders for every 100,000 people each year. Britain, by contrast, has 2 per 100,000.
In Caracas the official rate is 130 per 100,000, a number which the Investigative Institute of Co-existence and Citizen Security, a think thank dedicated to the study of crime, insists is closer to 166, making ...
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