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Punto Fijo

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[poon-toh fee-hoh, poon-taw fee-haw] / ˈpʊn toʊ ˈfi hoʊ, ˈpun tɔ ˈfi hɔ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Venezuela, on the Paraguana Peninsula.

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Raised in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, she had in recent years lived through extreme shortages of food, hyperinflation and the collapse of nearly every state institution in Venezuela.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

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