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Weekly Report - 16 May 2013 (WR-13-19)
Maduro calls out the troops to deal with violent crime
After acknowledging that Venezuela’s murder rate is intolerably high, President Nicolás Maduro has opted to emulate other Latin American governments and turn to the military to support the law-enforcement agencies. He is sticking to the established Chavista line of blaming the opposition for failing to curb violent crime in the jurisdictions under their control.
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