Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 16:15
With one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela's daily Russian roulette with violent crime now has an added spin: the threat of political violence due to the country's election impasse.
Cardinal Jorge Urosa, the archbishop of Caracas who has appealed to Venezuelan leaders to tone down their rhetoric, with little apparent success, worries about the dovetailing trends in a deeply divided society.
"There is an increase in aggressiveness generally among the Venezuelan people and we have to reduce it, eliminate it and strive to respect life," he told AFP.
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