Caracas, Venezuela named as the world's most violent city

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/12126593/Caracas-named-as-the-worlds-most-violent-city.html

Twenty-one of the world's 50 most violent cities are in Brazil, a new survey reveals in a blow to the nation's image as it prepares to host this year's Olympic games.

The striking statistic in disclosed in a study released by the Mexico City-based Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice and is based on the number of murders per 100,000 inhabitants during 2015 in cities with a population of more than 300,000.

None of the Brazilian cities identified appear in the top 10. They do not include Rio de Janeiro, where this summer's Olympic games will take place.

While Brazil features more frequently than any other country, the deadliest place in the world in 2015 was Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, a city of 3.3 million people which recorded 3,946 homicides in 2015 - equivalent to nearly 120 per 100,000 residents.