Worst. Tourism brochure. Ever!
Come to beautiful Venezuela, where you can enjoy…
- Unlawful killings, including summary executions of criminal suspects
- Widespread criminal kidnappings for ransom
- Prison violence and harsh prison conditions
- Inadequate juvenile detention centers
- Arbitrary arrests and detentions
- Corruption and impunity in police forces
- Corruption, inefficiency, and politicization in a judicial system characterized by trial delays and violations of due process
- Political prisoners and selective prosecution for political purposes
- Infringement of citizens’ privacy rights
- Restrictions on freedom of expression
- Government threats to sanction or close television stations and newspapers
- Corruption at all levels of government
- Threats against domestic NGOs
- Violence against women
- Trafficking in persons
- Restrictions on workers’ right of association
#32…badness!
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