Posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hang over a street in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The last time he ran for re-election, Chavez won comfortably ...

CARACAS, Venezuela—It's Friday night, ... and Brazil might make splashier headlines, but Venezuela has quietly eclipsed both its neighbors in levels of violent street crime.

Venezuela's capital registered 3,218 homicides during the first 10 months of 2012, putting it on pace to surpass last year's total and indicating that clashes between street gangs remain one of the ...

Graffiti appeared, suggesting that the Bratton Group was composed of CIA agents and telling us to go home. Pro-Chávez radicals in the Metropolitan Police sought to divide the force along political ...

- Crime and a grinding economic crisis have turned the traditionally vibrant, teeming streets of Caracas into no man's land once the sun goes down.Major thoroughfares like the Francisco Fajardo ...

Standing across the street from a bombed-out shell of a police station in the La Dolorita... Crime runs amok in Caracas' slums SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Not long ago, criminologist Elio Gomez had to fight for a parking spot on a busy street outside his law office in Caracas. No more. “Now the whole street is empty,” Gomez said, reflecting on ...

CARACAS, Venezuela – First ... Desperation over food shortages, the world's highest hyper-inflation and street crime have steadily mounted in Venezuela over the past 15 years.

As President Hugo Chavez intensifies his anti-Israel campaign, some Venezuelans have taken action, threatening Jews in the street and vandalizing the largest synagogue in Caracas - where they ...

Crime and crisis turn Caracas streets dark and deserted . Caracas (AFP) – Issued on: 26/10/2018 - 07:20 Modified: 26/10/2018 - 07:18. Advertising. Read more ...

Crime and a grinding economic crisis have turned the traditionally vibrant, teeming streets of Caracas into no man's land once the sun goes down. Major thoroughfares like the Francisco Fajardo highway ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Crime and a grinding economic crisis have turned the traditionally vibrant, teeming streets of Caracas into no man's land once the sun goes down. Major ...