Caracas
a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.
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Following the country’s economic collapse and subsequent food shortages, 28 people in a Caracas suburb died within days of each other, leading some to fear that a deadly virus was spreading within their community.
She knew next to nothing about the country’s culture or politics, but prepared to write for a Venezuelan audience by reading classic novels and traveling to Caracas, where she filled her notebook with snippets of conversation.
Delia Fiallo, screenwriter known as ‘the mother of the telenovela,’ dies at 96 | Harrison Smith | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostIn the years following my first memorable outing, I returned to Caracas over and over again.
Why Caracas Arepa Bar’s House Salsa Is a Condiment All-Star | Tanay Warerkar | January 29, 2021 | EaterGracie packed up her Wellington boots, long-sleeved shirts, and trousers, and flew to Caracas with a five-liter alembic still.
When a Modern-Day Indiana Jones Met an Adventurous Gin Distiller | Ann Binlot | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe result was a perfect storm of commuter congestion where “normal Caracas chaos became absolute mayhem.”
Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time? | Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Maria “Macarena” Paz, a Caracas engineer, is underwhelmed by this explanation.
Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time? | Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJulio Cesar Rosas (a pseudonym) owns a medium-sized business in Los Cortijos, a district in east-central Caracas.
Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time? | Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaracas was plunged into darkness in the middle of a televised speech by President Nicolas Maduro.
Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time? | Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe taking of Caracas in 1595 showed him as not only an able leader, but as an extraordinarily gifted tactician.
South America | W. H. KoebelCaracas was then, as it is now, the head-quarters of the colony, which was separated from the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1731.
South America | W. H. KoebelThe American Army plane banked sharply over the blacked-out Caracas field.
The Five Arrows | Allan ChaseIn due course he reached the spot—a small Indian village in the mountains, some fifteen miles from Caracas.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle“I have come all the way from Caracas to Wellington,” he said.
Molly Brown's Junior Days | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for Caracas
/ (kəˈrækəs, -ˈrɑː-, Spanish kaˈrakas) /
the capital of Venezuela, in the north: founded in 1567; major industrial and commercial centre, notably for oil companies. Pop: 3 276 000 (2005 est)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Caracas
[ (kuh-rah-kuhs) ]
Capital of Venezuela and the largest city in the country, located in northern Venezuela near the Caribbean Sea; commercial, industrial, and cultural center of the nation.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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