Comments on: It’s the body count, stupid http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/03/19/murders-have-tripled-since-chavez-became-president/ Interesting bits and pieces from all over Latin America Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zein http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/03/19/murders-have-tripled-since-chavez-became-president/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Zein Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:22:37 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=623#comment-157 if I do then I am admitting that dictatorships are much better than democracies. you should look at the map before you judge a government for insecurity, you should look at the social structure too. what can governments do about security in the case of that region when you have a hub of a crime near you? they sent troops in El Salvador to the streets and it didn't work out, it's even worse. it's really not objective nor realistic to blame Chavez for just 11 years in office, you can't change society and a region in 11 years, blame him for other stuff but not for crime, coz simply it doesn't work that way. if I do then I am admitting that dictatorships are much better than democracies.
you should look at the map before you judge a government for insecurity, you should look at the social structure too.
what can governments do about security in the case of that region when you have a hub of a crime near you?
they sent troops in El Salvador to the streets and it didn’t work out, it’s even worse.
it’s really not objective nor realistic to blame Chavez for just 11 years in office, you can’t change society and a region in 11 years, blame him for other stuff but not for crime, coz simply it doesn’t work that way.

]]> By: Peter Krupa http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/03/19/murders-have-tripled-since-chavez-became-president/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Peter Krupa Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:57:59 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=623#comment-151 When the murder rate triples during the time a leader of a political entity and his party hold near complete power over the legislature, the courts, and the local government - and they have tons and tons of cash as well - I think it's fair to blame that leader and that party. you don't? When the murder rate triples during the time a leader of a political entity and his party hold near complete power over the legislature, the courts, and the local government – and they have tons and tons of cash as well – I think it’s fair to blame that leader and that party.

you don’t?

]]> By: Zein http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/03/19/murders-have-tripled-since-chavez-became-president/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Zein Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:45:12 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=623#comment-150 so you blame the government for the violence? you know there's more prisoners in the US than in China, there's more crime, which means-using your method-that the chinese government is better and more successful than the government in the US! so you blame the government for the violence?
you know there’s more prisoners in the US than in China, there’s more crime, which means-using your method-that the chinese government is better and more successful than the government in the US!

]]> By: Peter Krupa http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/03/19/murders-have-tripled-since-chavez-became-president/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Peter Krupa Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:53:53 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=623#comment-145 Drugs, drugs, drugs, and drugs. There's no significant cartel presence in Venezuela, it's just poor people killing each other in the barrios, one by one. And anyway, in the last decade or two, Bogota has gone from being the most dangerous city in the world to kind of nice, while Caracas has gone from being kind of nice to extremely dangerous, so there's more going on than just "everything is getting violent." Drugs, drugs, drugs, and drugs. There’s no significant cartel presence in Venezuela, it’s just poor people killing each other in the barrios, one by one. And anyway, in the last decade or two, Bogota has gone from being the most dangerous city in the world to kind of nice, while Caracas has gone from being kind of nice to extremely dangerous, so there’s more going on than just “everything is getting violent.”

]]> By: Zein http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/03/19/murders-have-tripled-since-chavez-became-president/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Zein Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:16:03 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=623#comment-143 Is it just in Venezuela? what about Colombia Honduras Guatemala Mexico and others, for god's sake there was a war in Sao Paulo few months ago. it isn't about Hugo Is it just in Venezuela?
what about Colombia Honduras Guatemala Mexico and others, for god’s sake there was a war in Sao Paulo few months ago.
it isn’t about Hugo

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