Venezuela's murderous 'Loopy Boys' make their residing by kidnapping in one of many world's most violent cities, with lawlessness spreading within the failing socialist state. Feared Caracas avenue gangster El Negrito, 24, sleeps with a silver revolver underneath his pillow and says he's misplaced observe of his homicide depend. However ...

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raised the minimal wage by 300 % to 18,000 bolivars monthly, round $ 6.70, as a part of routine wage hikes in an financial system affected by annual inflation approaching 2 million %.