Gallup Inc.: Control Of Crime In Venezuela

This research establish weak governance as an enabler for the emergence of security threats in Latin America related to transnational organized crime. Lack of effective action of the administration to provide basic services and proper conditions for the population resulted in alternate ways to get them, with the consequent undermining of the institutions and norms.

This delicate subject is affecting millions Venezuelan citizens as well as raising concerns of family members abroad fearing for their kin. It has affected generations so much that many have decided to leave behind jobs, friends and family to flee from its own country. Venezuela is one of the most dangerous countries at present, a dangerous country where “economic crises and high inflation, like panic-induced runs on banks, generate self-serving, defensive behaviors that tend to spiral out of control,” (Corrales, 15). Venezuelan citizens are having a really difficult time realizing how bad their country is doing and how their families are trying to survive day by day.

Duran-Martinez article addresses the question of the wide range of variation in drug violence found in countries associated with drug trafficking. She argues that the interaction between cohesion of state security and criminal competition in the illegal market can be used to determine incentives to use violence. The author conducts case studies to compare the patterns of drug violence from 1984-2010 in five cities in Mexico and Colombia including Cali, Medellin, Ciudad Juarez, Culiacan, and Tijuana. The results show that “frequency of violence increases as

It is impossible to think of the modern history of Colombia without images of drug warlords, impoverished citizens, and corruption coming to mind. The history of Medellin, Colombia perfectly embodies this narrative. Once known as the “City of Everlasting Spring” due to its beautiful climate and landscape, Medellin was plunged into decades of terror in the 1980s when Pablo Escobar and the Medellin drug cartel rose to power. As Escobar led his campaign of violence and narco-trafficking, recruiting an army of adolescent assassins, Medellin became the most violent city in the world, with nearly 400 homicides per 100,000 people in the early 1990s. Impoverished children in the barrios of Medellin found themselves forced into lives of crime. Even the death of Pablo Escobar in 1993, while symbolic, did little to slow the tide of war, as the pendulum was already set in motion. When one criminal organization fell, another rose to take its place. As recently as 2002 the government was forced to deploy helicopter gunships and soldiers in the barrios in an effort to regain some semblance of control. “To put it in a word: fear. Medellin was living in fear”. Sergio Fajardo, mayor of Medellin from 2004-2007, faced the daunting task of revitalizing Medellin. Fajardo conquered endemic violence, corruption, and inequality through extensive planning and the execution of a strategy known as “urban acupuncture”, where he targeted critical areas of the city with architectural projects that serve

12,800. That’s the number of homicides that happened in Colombia in 2014. Which so happens to be 1,500 less than 2013 (“Thanks to”). That may seem like an abundance of deaths by murder, but the United States had 14,249 homicides (“2014 Crime”). The crime rate in Colombia is the lowest it has been since the early 1970’s and has been steadily dropping since 2009 (“Thanks to”). By looking at the slowing down of homicide rates in Colombia, one can see that their government is getting stronger than ever, which is important because the lack of authority in the past gave Colombia a violent history from the drug wars.

To start off, the Venezuela-Colombia border has been closed due to being attacked by paramilitary groups, drug traffickers, and black marketeers. The two countries have had disputes involving trans-border trade which affects Venezuela’s economy. For example, Venezuela is experiencing extreme shortages in food and household items. Also, many migrants from Colombia migrate to Venezuela to search for oil-related work.

Introduction: The United States had an estimate of 741,291 aggravated assaults in 2014. About 31% of crime have gone unreported to the police department which raises concern on how many criminals go uncaptured. Many are aware of hooligans wondering about, and it causes citizens to be paranoid and too cautious in locations they travel to. There are about 3.3 million adults that have suffered from anxiety or paranoia; many adults that suffer anxiety end up being unable to come out to roam cities or towns. The “Safety Button” was created to allow others to feel safer with a faster way to communicate with the police. The button is meant to allow a safer environment with the usage of the police, and to diminish numbers of anxiety attacks for

Brief Summary: Since of the drug war that took place, and a mexican, El Chapo, being the prime leader of the event, individuals all over the world are judging Mexico from what they heard or saw, and overlooking the fact that they have some of the largest companies there. The war took 164,000 lives, nationally. In eight years, forty mayors have been annihilated, and according to InSight Crime, a think tank that records down law and justice in Latin America, 99% of the crimes are uncondemned, which is a high percentage. A german company once said that this must be due to the amount of violence, the corruption of public servants, cultural trend, and drug trafficking. At first, it was approximately 63% of distrust, but in the year of 2014, the percentage spike up to 71%, meaning the percentage enlarged by about 10%. The percentage of individuals who don’t have faith in their president went from 52% to 61%, so an increase of again, about 10%. The lack of faith in their justice system enlarged from a starting point of 58% to 66%, and for the Federal Police and the army, the percentage changed from 52% to 64%. The list goes on, on the percentage of individuals that lack faith in their government. In last April, the worst police attack occurred since a decade. As a result, fifteen officers died right outside Guadalajara. The city holds the name of “Mexico’s money laundering capital.”

The whole Venezuela country is dependent on their oil sales. That oil is their only income. Unless your the government or shop owners you're on the streets selling drugs to make money. For instances one of the articles told me that the president nephews were arrested for selling cocaine and was caught doing drugs. The craziest thing that surprised me was that I was reading an article saying Venezuela has too much money but not enough cash. This means that one they have the money just aren't printing it fast enough, many people wait outside of the ATM for hours just to get some cash to either get out of the country or to get some food for their family. But then again the management on the oil was horrible so then again they're losing money because their not making their mind up on how to manage

The fear of crime has established a surprising amount of attraction in the past two decades. Fear of crime is an emotional reaction and it is not based on reality. People who are very fearful are less likely at risk. Panic and fear of crime mainly comes through media. The government and its politics plays a huge part in the overall fear of crime. Even though their attempts are to reduce crime, or as politicians uses the term “what the public wants” in their speech for their own motives and to gain trust from the citizens. However, in order to do what the

Honduras has a serious amount of homicides occurring in their community. Within their economy, Honduras is one of the poorest countries, with about 65% of their citizens living in poverty. During his term, President Zelaya stirred controversy among the country through acts of reforming the constitution and making unethical policy decisions (U.S. Department of State, 2011). Honduras has been ranked the most violence country on the globe. This accounts for the one death per hour ratio that is due to political views of Zelaya, inequality among citizens, and organized crime (B-Lajoie, D’Andrea, Rodriquez, Greenough, Patel, 2014). These occurrences of homicide are a critical aspect of Honduras mental health and well being that desperately needs to be changed for the lives of their citizens.

No country is devoid of violence, but it is especially prevalent in Latin America. The Organization of American States labeled violence in Latin America as an “epidemic, a plague that kills more people than AIDS or any other known epidemic” (Carroll). Brazil and Colombia are two countries that have been shaped by gang violence; both are gripped by some of the largest, most violent, and institutionalized gangs in the world. In Donna Goldstein’s ethnography of life in a Brazilian shantytown, Laughter Out of Place, the power and prevalence of gang violence is apparent. In Colombia, gangs flourish nationwide and have direct consequences on the country’s economic, political, and social structure. Despite existing in entirely different

Met the highest authorities of the State in all its levels; there was talk of security, on budgets, talked about money, investment and nothing was said almost nothing of the tremendous insecurity in which we live the Bolivians in all parts of the country. We live no longer a wave or a high peak of violence, but rather a constant that is repeated; no longer provides enough to consider this as an exception, but as a norm to the citizens we must resign ourselves.

The number of homicides in Mexico peaked in 2011 and then declined for three years.But the latests statistics show the trend reversed in 2015. Estimating how many homicides related to violence is an imprecise science. The point of this detail

In the Brazilian region of Espírito Santo, the police went on strike to protest a severe drop in budget of the police department. In addition, they were protesting a large drop in the salaries of civil servants in Brazil. However, during only three days of the strike, fifty-two homicides occurred (“Police Strike”). Espírito Santo is often considered the most violent region in southeastern Brazil, but this region’s homicide rates noticeably decreased in 2016. Espírito Santo was on track to become much more peaceful in 2016, but this event greatly increased the homicide and murder rates, effectively undoing the progress made in 2016. The state of general anarchy and lawlessness in Espírito Santo during the police strike has drawn comparisons to the movie The Purge (“Police Strike”).