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(4) Insight Crime, http://www.insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/2409-chavez-blasts-us-travel-warning-plays-down-venezuela-violence

(5) Insight Crime,  http://www.insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/2352-political-divisions-fuel-venezuelas-most-violent-year

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(14) ibid, 8.

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(29) El Nacional, http://www.el-nacional.com/noticia/36103/16/Mision-A-Toda-Vida-Venezuela-busca-transformar-politicas-de-seguridad-publica.html

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