When Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro decided to dole out $3 bonus to the police

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, president of the world's most dangerous nation, said he would give each member of the national police force a 10 million-bolivar bonus, which amounts to about $3 at the prevailing black-market exchange rate. Maduro announced the bonus at a police academy graduation ceremony, where he said the country needed "policemen of great morals and commitment".

Ranked below countries like Afghanistan and South Sudan, only 17 per cent of Venezuelans said they felt safe walking alone at night and just one of four has confidence in the police, according to Gallup’s latest Law and Order Index.

Soaring hyperinflation of 60,000 per cent has left the country’s currency virtually worthless: The monthly minimum wage of 5 million bolivars amounts to little more than a single McDonald’s burger meal or a two-litre bottle of soda.