That is a posibility.....but they don´t have too many options in Venezuela, the whole country is currupted, and the insicurity is in its highest level, because the goverment has not been abele to control it. People get killed, raped, kiddnaped and the list go on....Do you want to know one of the laws we have here, there is a law, that when any person comits a brutal crime, and they are caught, they dont show the criminal face in the newspaper or the news, so you just can pass by them on the street when they released them 3 DAYS AFTER, thats why insecurity has come to this in this country, because criminal are not afraid of the justice system. You have to come to see it with your own eyes, and that is everywhere around here in any state.
Russel did what he did, becauses Venezuela has no extradition politics to the USA, but Colombian does, so i guess russel wont go there. Or brazil, or any other counry near, because i think they all have extradition politics except Venezuela, because it is a completly caos here.
Other thing i noticed in the threads, it´s that people keep saying that Venezuela is a
DEVELOPED country, i dont know if they teach that at foreing schools, but, well my friends, you are wrong, Venezuela is and has always been a SUBDEVELOPED country. They teach that in every elementary school around here. Venezuelan History Class.
Glad to inform you :)
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sheltonp6
13 years ago
Venezuela and the U S have had an Extradition Treaty since 1922. However, it's unlikely Chavez would send Crowe's character back to the U S since the U S has refused to send back to Venezuela the CIA operative trained in explosives, Luis Posada Carriles, to stand trial for blowing up a Cuban airliner in 1976. Carriles currently lives openly in Florida.
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alberto_rpa
13 years ago
Chavez doesnt give a great deal of importance to Carriles Case, he focuses his hate towards USA in the fact, that USA is against comunism and socialism, which is a good thing by the way, and to the fact that the USA responds to any international conflict which might be related to terrorism actions, like the terrorits group called FARC in Colombia, It was demostrated by the CIA, when they killed Reyes, that the FARC had relations with the Venezuelan Goverment, thing that pissed Chavez off, because one of his dirty secrets was uncovered once again. Chavez always refered to Bush, in national venezuelan tv conferences as MR DANGER. And he nowadays constantly attacks verbaly to Obamah in every National Conference.
Our goverment only supports socialist and comunist actions....and it is against everything that might refuse those factors.
Our goverment would have NEVER send back russel's character to USA, even if he would have been charged of killing a million of inoccent people.
Give this a thought, Our goverment is the only one who defends Gadaffi actions in Libia....what an abomination....
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shurbanm
12 years ago
What did Gadaffi do in Lybia? He tried to extricate the African countries from the grasp of the US by implementing a new gold backed currency for Africa and to sell his oil only against that gold backed currency.
You need to read more than just what you get in mainstream media before you can hope to understand what's going on in the world.
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kaiser071
10 years ago
The guy was nutter, he did bomb a nightclub in scotland (which is retarded under any circumstance). Though false allegation of mass raping by his troops are mostly *beep* He wasn't the worst leader in Africa, at least he did front the bulk of the money for satelite for cell phones for Africa, before they had to borrow EU's satelite which was costing each country 500 million a year. So he did a great part to increase the African infrastructure, can't say that for the west who sells land blocs to mining companies and oiling industries so they can rape the country and leave. Though Gadaffi was corrupt no doubt about that.
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shurbanm
10 years ago
the Lockerbie bombing - don't take that at face value. there is quite a lot on the net from insiders to say this was a cia deal gone awry. they had to find somebody to blame it on so they chose him....
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lonnigan004
13 years ago
My wife is Venezuelan and I have been to Caracas, Las Roques and the Island of Margarita about 6 years ago and things weren't that bad. I found a lot of Venezuela to be well developed with lasish shopping mals like Sambill where you find many of the major American franchises from Pizza Hut to Tony Roma's etc And the islands are awesome and would blow the Bahamas away. There were plenty of tourists, mostly from Europe. If things have gotten worse now, it is not so much despite the government, but BECAUSE OF the government. Chavez and his supporters are repsonisble for a lot the violence and money squandering and intimidation of the opposition. He's got prisoners on his payroll that he let out of jail to do his dirty work.
Who cares what games we choose, little to win and nothing to lose..
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alberto_rpa
13 years ago
My friend...i am from margarita, margarita and los roques are like Malibu in the USA. I recomend you to stop by this places when you come to caracas, venezuela next time: PETARE, CATIA, SAN ANGUSTIN, CAMPO RICO, CASALTA AND THE LIST GON ON.....EVEN DOWNTOWN....COME ON MAN, SAMBIL AND LOS ROQUES....
I LIVE IN MARGARITA, IN VILLA ROSA, THIS PLACE IS GOING DOWN HILL BECAUSE INSECURITY, PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT ABOUT PUTTING DOORS IN THE ALLIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF NOT LETTING STRANGERS IN. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING ROBBED TO MUCH.
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lonnigan004
13 years ago
I know about Catia and 23 de Enero etc. My wife lived in La Candalaria. I've been downtown and it wasn't that bad but this many years ago. If Chavez is ruining everything why doesn't someone put a bullet in his head??
Who cares what games we choose, little to win and nothing to lose..
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shurbanm
12 years ago
The thing is you only hear the rich complaining about Venezuela because they lost their perks....
The poor in Venezuela are much better off but of course you won't get them posting on imdb..
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camel-wides
13 years ago
i would think the corruption would be what crowe was LOOKING for.
if they aren't corrupt, how is he going to bribe folks for the things he needs to invent a clean history for himself, his wife, and their son. without a corrupt government, he wouldn't be able to begin again. also, non extradition status is always usefull for folks who have just committed a crime with no statue of limitations in the USA. 50 years from now, if caught, he and his wife would go to prison in the USA.
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mizhou-99-68324
10 years ago
corruption and high violent crime rate are two things. sure they need corruption to start a new life. but a street mugger/human trafficker/rapist can easily destroy what little they have left.
i would choose hongkong. the city is mostly under the control of triads, who's mainly focusing on high end organized crime and trying to keep the street as clean as possible. perfect for a situation like this.
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Grits-N-Gravy
13 years ago
I'm just speculating but even though Caracas is a rough city there has got to be a few areas that are safe. Even the worst places have a couple calm spots. I admit that I don't really know *beep* about Venezuela. And I don't think Russell Crow cared about the crime rate of the city. The destination was just more of a place to go without being arrested. He could always go to a safer place later on.
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shurbanm
12 years ago
It does help the poor though. Venezuela is the only supplier of heating oil for the poor in the US. Joe Kennedy appealed to all oil companies and only Venezuela responded.
For a superpower like the US to not take care of it's own poor and a "subdeveloped" country like Venezuela to do so speaks odes...
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