Drug cartels and poverty mean the capital of Venezuela, ranks the highest for murder and crime in the world.

贩毒集团和贫困是委内瑞拉首都的代名词，其凶杀和犯罪率名列世界最高。

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The image of chavez in his traditional red shirt also looks out from posters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV in Spanish) that hang throughout the capital.

委内瑞拉联合社会党(西班牙文缩写为PSUV)把查韦斯身着红色体恤的经典形象印刷在海报上，贴遍首都大街小巷。

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CARACAS, Venezuela -- A part of Venezuela's capital is giving dangerous drivers the silent treatment, sending mimes into the streets to do what police alone have not: tame the lawless traffic.

委内瑞拉加拉加斯市：作为首都，这座城市部分地区交通混乱，市民目无法纪，交警势单力薄、无能为力……如今，野兽司机们将面临执法者的沉默以待——因为驯服他们的可能将会是一群默剧、或曰哑剧演员。

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This tense, relentlessly gray capital embodies many of Venezuela's problems, with crumbling apartment towers and food lines often sharing the same sidewalk with cheering crowds eager to greet their departed Comandante.

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