Yearly Archives: 2015
Sales Tax Revenue Dropped In The Last Six Years
QCOSTARICA - Sales tax revenues have dropped in the past six years, when compared with the country's production. This was the determination by the ContralorÃa General de la República (CGR) - Comptroller's office, between 2008 and 2014.
The CGR report, released Monday, January 12, shows that sales tax revenue went...
Venezuela militarizes its supermarkets
TODAY VENEZUELA (InsightCrime.org) President Nicolas Maduro has ordered Venezuela's security forces to maintain order in supermarkets and food distribution sites, highlighting how the country has prioritized political-driven security issues over efforts to lower one of the world's highest homicide rates.
On January 8, President Maduro announced soldiers and police officers...
Colombia on Track for Least Violent Year in 3 Decades
TODAY COLOMBIA (InsightCrime.org) While the official number of homicides hasn't yet been released by authorities, the statistics available thus far indicate that conflict-ridden Colombia may have just registered its most peaceful year in decades. However, the data doesn't tell the whole story.
According to police statistics accessed by El Tiempo,...