Violence in Venezuela: oil rent and political crisis Violência na Venezuela: renda petroleira e crise política

This article analyzes the changes in violence in Venezuela during the last forty years. It links the ups and downs of the oil revenues and the political crisis of the country to the changes in the homicide rates, which increased from 7 per 100 thousand inhabitants in 1970 to 12 in 1990, 19 in 1998 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberto Briceño-León
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2006-06-01
Series:Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Subjects:
Oil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232006000200010