Kidnapping remains a constant threat for foreigners in Venezuela

Npr.org reports that German Garcia-Velutini got into his car and left work one day. It took him 11 months to get home. Kidnappers had nabbed the Venezuelan banker. His abduction is part of a problem that’s been getting worse every year for the past decade in Venezuela, which belongs to a region riddled with crime and the most violent cities in the world. Gracia-Velutini tells his story at an outdoor table at a hotel in Caracas, the capital, with a view of a mountainside that climbs into the clouds. Read article