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Violence in the Barrios of Caracas
This book presents an overview of the problem of urban violence in Caracas, and specifically in its barrios. It helps situate readers familiar or not with Latin American in the context that is Caracas, Venezuela, a city displaying one of the world’s highest homicide rates. The book offers a qualitative comparison of the informal mechanisms of social control in three barrios of Caracas. This comprehensive analysis can help explain high homicide rates, while socio-economic conditions improved due to substantial oil windfalls in the twenty-first century. The author describes why informal social control was not effective in some barrios, and points to the role of some organizational arrangemen...
Young Man of Caracas
Autobiography of Thomas Russell Ybarra (1880- ), an American journalist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Alejandro Ybarra, was a Venezuelan general; his mother, Nelly Russell, was the daughter of an American diplomat. Includes the years 1880-1900 while the family lived in Boston and Caracas, Venezuela. Includes some information on the Russell and Ybarra families.
Vacation Goose Travel Guide Caracas Venezuela
Vacation Goose Travel Guide Caracas Venezuela is an easy to use small pocket book filled with all you need for your stay in the big city. Top 50 city attractions, top 4 nightlife adventures, top 50 city restaurants, top 17 shopping centers, top 50 hotels, and more than a dozen monthly weather statistics. This travel guide is up to date with the latest developments of the city as of 2017. We hope you let this pocket book be part of yet another fun Caracas adventure :)
The Street Is My Home
The presence of youngsters on the streets of Caracas embodies social contradictions at the national level, and this book discusses how these contradictions are played out in an oil-producing nation afflicted with hyperinflation generalized corruption, the deterioration of public services, increasing poverty, and violence. Vivid life stories told by street children themselves portray their relations with family and friends, as well as with people they encounter: police officers, journalists, social workers, and passersby at their local hangouts. The book also describes and analyzes the justice system and institutions for minors, illustrating the constant failures to respond to, contain, or lessen youth violence.
City Maps Caracas Venezuela
City Maps Caracas Venezuela is an easy to use small pocket book filled with all you need for your stay in the big city. Attractions, pubs, bars, restaurants, museums, convenience stores, clothing stores, shopping centers, marketplaces, police, emergency facilities are only some of the places you will find in this map. This collection of maps is up to date with the latest developments of the city as of 2017. We hope you let this map be part of yet another fun Caracas adventure :)
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