Venezuela is already marked as one of the most dangerous countries with organized crime gangs, police corruption and impunity. The country had high murder rates as compared to global.

According to the state-run National Statistics Institute, there were more than 19,000 murders nationwide in 2009 and notified that more than 10 individuals are killed in Caracas every day.

Its 57-years-old President had revealed in June that he is suffering from cancer whereas the ICG has expressed doubts about his health conditions, maybe because of political violence in the short and medium term.

Consequently, he underwent a surgery in Cuba to remove the cancerous tumor located in the pelvic region. However, the type of cancer is not disclosed publically. On Sunday, the President returned to Venezuela after undergoing a second round of chemotherapy in Cuba.

"As the country heads into what promises to be a fiercely contested presidential election, with very high stakes for both sides, this fragile equilibrium may not hold”, added the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, in a statement. "The greatest danger is likely to come after the election, regardless of who wins, since the entrenched levels of violence are prone to undermine either peaceful regime continuity, hand-over to a successor or any transitional arrangement”.