Enough! Accounting and Remembering the Long War in Colombia

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13. do you mean where more human rights abuses occur, or do you mean by which government?

As far as the respective governments go I'd say Venezuela is currently worse. Much of Colombia's violence is perpetrated by paras and the rebels. and not necessarily afiliated with the government. Although the army and paras certainly have their ties but its not necessarily always the case that the government is behind para violence.

Venezuela has a nearly non-existent judicial system, police commit more than 20% of crimes as admitted by their own interior minister. Look at their prisons, the level of corruption, arrest rate, conviction rate, murder rate and compare to Colombia. Colombia has a functioning justice system and actually investigates and prosecutes human rights abusers as Judi Lynn posts just about every week.

Colombia probably has more political violence, but not necessarily more violence commited by government officials like the police.

Its often stated here that Colombia is the most dangerous place in the Americas for union activitists, what you don't hear is that Venezuela is second.

I think Colombia is improving and progressing while Ven is regressing.

Also, for non-violent abuses like restricting press, free speech, political opposition, Ven is certainly worse.