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They claim that Chavez wants to hide the crimes in Venezuela

August 29, 2010 • 11:51

Marta Colomina writes in each of the columns of El Universal, which President Hugo Chavez does not use state resources as it should. "Chávez squandered in illegal contributions to his political friends outside, and buying junk corruption war, and increase domestic debt irresponsibly," he said.
Explains in his article, the democratic crisis resulting from the "brutal censorship imposed by Chávez" critical media in the country, has imposed on any other subject. "For the first post a picture of what happens every day in the Morgue de Bello Monte, and the second in solidarity with El Nacional and reissue the graph that has been around the world, were punished for not posting for a month ( the duration of the campaign for parliamentary elections) no image "bloody" or "grotesque", while the people wondered why there are more bloody than the complicity and official apathy to the 16 thousand avoidable crimes per year, or what is more bizarre that some public authorities kneeling before an autocrat glutted with power ", examines the Venezuelan columnist.

Colomina believes that Chavez seeks to delay public awareness of the security situation in Venezuela so that may not apply in the next legislative elections scheduled for September 26.

"It is clear then that with the closure and censorship of media Chavez believes stronger, while the public perception is that if we bricked up the dwindling window of a free press, away our right to be informed about what Chavez wants to hide, that is precisely what oppresses us most as citizens. "

Finally, the columnist says that censorship by the ruling given will not be enough to stop the critical media reports. "The more repressed, more media and journalists will go online and spontaneous because contraption put new technologies at the service of truth."

What are the most dangerous places in Caracas, Venezuela? Where do you steal more cars? Where there is more theft? What are the safest areas? How to choose the least dangerous path to go from one place to another? Concerned by the growing insecurity, a group of students was given the task of answering these questions with an interactive map of crime.

Quieropaz.org page there is a map of the entire country that can be run from any computer (it works like Google Earth) and where they are targeted not only the crimes that are reported by the press, but also the citizens themselves have done through this tool. Each offense has a little symbol and a place on the map (the place where the crime was committed) and clicking on it you can read the full story.

Taking the idea of pages Rosariodelitos (Argentina), Spotcrimes (Miami) or Wikicrimen (Brazil), this page may be reported from abduction to homicide or theft of mobile phones. "We tried to make a crime map as complete as possible, and it is therefore necessary to report situations that people do not complaint with the Cicpc, such as police abuse or shoplifting," said Felix Velazquez, a graduate of the VCU and as living in the neighborhood of El Progreso (Petare) knows firsthand the problems of insecurity.

In front of this page are eight students and graduates of the UCV, UCAB and Santa Maria, but already has hundreds of agents of peace. When a person reporting a crime (either by the option that says "Send us your crime" or by clicking on "Map" and then recorded after entering an email) and becomes what these students call a peace broker " A peace officer who helps us to know the crime situation in the country. The ideal is that all people who fall into the hands of the underworld will report their experience, because then everyone would have a better idea of what is happening in every corner of Venezuela, "said Velasquez.

Complaints and more
Users can also make your suggestions (in the window called "request") regarding the issue of insecurity. Until now, most of them have to do with a disarmament plan and Productive Prisons program, so these two items each have a separate space. The idea is to give voice to the citizens, to form discussion forum where everyone can give their views and contribute ideas. Society is thinking and thinking. There is also a group on Facebook and Twitter Quieropaz (email: quieropaz.org @ gmail.com), and also the promoters did a forum on law sheds UCV (October 31) and another in the auditorium of the UCAB (November 3). Aim to create a social fabric around the issue of greatest concern to most Venezuelans, according to all polls agree. And they wanted to serve also as a tool for agencies like the Ministry of Interior and Justice and the Ombudsman. And let the Police know, numbers in hand, what are the most dangerous and most neglected.

The creators of this site want to make clear in any event that what prompted this initiative was not only a desire for guidance and information (which is no small thing), but above all wanted to help change things.

So, today announced that later this month requested a meeting with mayors and governors who are in command in the most dangerous areas of the country. Perhaps they attend, you may not, but at least they may think they tried to do something to prevent the country from further staining red.

Seen in: Periódico El Universal (Caracas)