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The Amuay tragedy was an explosion of the Paraguaná Refinery Complex in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. The explosion resulted in the death of 48 people and injured 151 others. The explosion resulted in the death of 48 people and injured 151 others.
Venezuela has been ranked one of the most corrupt countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index, going back to the start of the survey in 1995. The 2010 ranking placed Venezuela at number 164, out of 178 ranked countries. [101] According to some sources, Venezuela's corruption includes widespread corruption in the police force. [102]
Name Date Location Deaths Notes Night of the Machetes: 1913 Amazonas state 65-400 [1] [2]: El Corozo massacre [3] [4]: 1942, 18 February El Corozo village, Trujillo state 12 50-year-old farmer Gregorio Cáceres kills eleven people and seriously injured four others with an ax and a knife in El Corozo, a village in Trujillo, in addition to killing several animals and then escaping in the jungle ...
For years, Venezuela has suffered from a political and economic crisis following the presidency of Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. Óscar Alberto Pérez has stated that, while working as a law enforcement agent, he witnessed deep levels of corruption within the Bolivarian government's structure, experiencing the collaboration between state authorities and pro-government gangs ...
Paúl Moreno was a fifth-year medical student at the University of Zulia and was a volunteer paramedic for the Green Cross [].On 18 May 2017, Paúl was nearby the Fuerzas Armadas Avenue in Maracaibo, when the driver of a vehicle rammed over a barricade, running over him and escaping from the scene.
Natural disaster deaths in Venezuela (1 P) P. Deaths by person in Venezuela (6 P) Prisoners who died in Venezuelan detention (1 C, 13 P) S. Suicides in Venezuela (3 C ...
The leading opposition group in Venezuela, Frente Amplio Venezuela Libre ("Venezuelan Liberation Front"), expressed confusion as to the nature of the incident, saying that they can't know if it was "an attack, a fortuitous accident, or any of the other stories being shared on social media".
Venezuela also expelled diplomats from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Uruguay; as of 1 August, Brazil took over running the Caracas embassies of Argentina and Peru. [ 78 ] [ 80 ] Venezuela suspended flights between Venezuela and both Panama and the Dominican Republic after those countries requested a review of ...