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	Caracas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the economy of oil-rich Venezuela grew steadily during the first part of the 20th century, Caracas became one of Latin America's economic centers, and was also known as the preferred hub between Europe and South America.
		The coat of arms of the City of Caracas was adopted by the Libertador Municipality to identify itself and later the Metropolitan Mayor Office assumed the lion, the scallop and the St. James Cross for the same aim.
		Venezuela's most venerated building is five blocks north of Plaza Bolívar, on the northern edge of the old town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caracas,_Venezuela (1410 words)

	VENEZUELA - LoveToKnow Article on VENEZUELA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Venezuela, it is true, has a comprehensive public instruction law, and attendance at the public schools is both gratuitous and, nominally compulsory.
		Finance.The financial situation in Venezuela was for a long time extremely complicated and discreditable, owing to defaults in the payment of public debts, complications arising from the guarantee of interest on railways and other public works, responsibility for damages to private property during civil wars and bad administration.
		In 181o Venezuela rose against the Spanish yoke, and on the i4th of July 1811 the independence of the territory was proclaimed.
	98.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VE/VENEZUELA.htm (10345 words)

	Travel in Caracas - Venezuela - History - WorldTravelGate.net®- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He named it Santiago de Leon de Caracas in honour of the apostle James, who is the patron saint of Spain; of Don Pedro Ponce de Leon, who was the provincial governor; and of the Caracas Indians, who inhabited the region.
		Caracas grew in population, and construction was extended as far as geographically possible.
		Caracas has continued to grow and develop despite its geographic limitations, and it has come to completely dominate the urban structure of the Venezuelan nation.
	www.americatravelling.net /venezuela/caracas/caracas_history.htm (1194 words)

	DiscoverVenezuela - Caracas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the recent past, Caracas was referred to as "The City of Red Roofs" due to the color of the roof tiles used in most colonial homes.
		Caracas is the center for Venezuelan politics, finance, the federal bureaucracy, education, and culture.
		Caracas' world-class museums, cultural centers, lively bars, clubs, and fine restaurants are all interconnected by the city's efficient and clean subway system.
	www.discovervenezuela.com /caracas.cfm (411 words)

	AllRefer.com - Caracas, South America (South American Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		With an elevation of c.3,100 ft (945 m), Caracas has a pleasant climate, which contributed to making it rather than Valencia the economic and political center of Spanish colonization in Venezuela.
		Caracas is the commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of the nation.
		Caracas was founded in 1567 as Santiago de LeOn de Caracas by Diego de Losada.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Caracas.html (404 words)

	Caracas. Caracas Yours... Enjoy Caracas and make it yours... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Caracas is located under the Avila, a mountain that reaches 2600 meters (7800 ft.), where the Humboldt Hotel (currently out of service, undergoing arrangements) is located, which you can reach by cable car.
		Caracas is known for the quality of its restaurants, where you can have meals from all over the world.
		Caracas´ inhabitants can enjoy all year long the beaches, located at only half an hour or the nice weather of the mountain, at a similar distance.
	www.venezuelatuya.com /caracas/eng.htm (325 words)

	Gardening for the poor
		Anastasio Capote, 60, is one of 45 Cuban technicians who have come to Caracas for two years to reveal the mysteries of a farming system based on a mix of soil, organic material and manure.
		In Venezuela, a technician from Senegal who had launched a microgarden project in Dakar came to Caracas for six weeks to pass on his expertise.
		One of the most visually striking aspects of Caracas, a modern city transformed by the 1970s oil boom, is the presence of poor neighbourhoods on almost all the city's hills.
	www.fao.org /newsroom/en/field/2004/37627/article_37647en.html (780 words)

	Venezuela
		Venezuela is very diverse geographically with Caribbean coastlines, mountains, tropical grasslands, and the vast Orinoco river system.
		Venezuela is an earthquake-prone country and is occasionally subject to torrential rains, which can cause major disasters such as the one in Vargas State in 1999.
		Police responsiveness and effectiveness in Venezuela varies widely from community to community, but in general does not rise to the level of efficiency expected of police forces in the U.S. Travelers have reported robberies and other crimes committed against them by individuals wearing uniforms and purporting to be police officers or National Guard members.
	travel.state.gov /travel/venezuela.html (3796 words)

	Caracas Smart Travel Tips \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Persons entering Venezuela may bring in duty-free up to 400 cigarettes and 50 cigars, 2 liters of liquor, and new goods such as video cameras and electronics up to $1,500 in value if declared and accompanied by receipts.
		Venezuela is a relatively inexpensive country in which to travel, although the prices are greatly inflated in Caracas and on Isla Margarita.
		Venezuela has a non-refundable 16.5% sales tax, known as the IVA, which is added to the price of all articles except basic foodstuffs and medicine.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=caracas@46&cur_section=tra&pg=3 (1733 words)

	Tourism for venezuela: Caracas
		Caracas, capital of Venezuela, it is located to the feet of Hill the Ávila.
		Caracas is celebrate in the history to be cradle of the most illustrious men's in the America; as they are: Francisco de Miranda, precursor of the American Independence.
		The hill the Ávila, (Wuaraira Repano, in indigenous language) vegetable lung of Caracas a mountain of 2.600 meters, where the Hotel Humboldt is located, to which you arrives for a cable car.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/bute/564/index4.3ngl.html (499 words)

	Caracas, Venezuela - PopularCities.com
		Caracas, Venezuela is a city of charm and grace, to which the visitor will be welcomed by people with a zest for life that is contagious.
		Caracas can be divided into four principal areas of interest: the downtown El Centro district and its monument packed Plaza Bolívar; Parque Central and the surrounding Bellas Artes cultural district; Las Mercedes and the Bulevar Sabana Grande, with its many boutiques and restaurants; and the residential, wealthy suburbs of Altamira and La Castellana.
		Catedral Metropolitana de Caracas (Metropolitan Cathedral of Caracas) Plaza Bolívar 02-862-1518 the Metropolitan Cathedral of Caracas was built in 1674.
	www.popularcities.com /cityguides/12033.htm (769 words)

	Venezuela Special Report: Cannon Fodder
		Caracas, Venezuela—Over coffee one morning in May at a café not far from Plaza Bolívar in downtown Caracas, a journalist from one of Venezuela's private leading daily newspapers is describing the events surrounding the April coup and the disastrous implications they have for the nation's media.
		Venezuelan human rights organizations say that although freedom of expression is present in Venezuela, full guarantees for the exercise of such freedom are lacking, as illustrated by several recent judicial rulings that have permitted prior censorship or have penalized criticism of public officials.
		For instance, according to CPJ research, during 1992, at least five media outlets in Venezuela were raided, censored, prohibited from circulating, or had copies of their publications confiscated by government authorities.
	www.cpj.org /Briefings/2002/ven_aug02/ven_aug02.html (1498 words)

	Worldisround - A Day in Caracas, Venezuela - Sightseeing in Caracas pictures
		Caracas can be divided into four principal areas of interest: the downtown El Centro district and its monument-packed Plaza Bolívar; Parque Central and the surrounding Bellas Artes cultural district; Las Mercedes and the Bulevar Sabana Grande, with its many boutiques and restaurants; and the very wealthy residential suburbs of Altamira and La Castellana.
		Caracas is also a city where poverty is widespread and highly visible; more than a third of its inhabitants live in tin-and-concrete shanties.
		Caracas enjoys a perfect position on the Caribbean coast, and is the gateway to the Andes and the Amazon.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/14588/text.html (1511 words)

	Caracas Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Caracas is a town of soaring contrasts: get ready for surprises.
		The capital of Venezuela is a huge, vibrant, energetic South American city, bringing together the tremendously wealthy and the desperately poor.
		In Caracas, gravity is defied by the city's skyscrapers and the teetering shantytowns that cover the hills around it.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/south-america/venezuela/caracas (125 words)

	Venezuela - Introduction
		he Republic of Venezuela is the sixth largest country in South America, but in variation its landscape rivals that of the much larger countries like Brazil and Argentina.
		Venezuela lies at the northern extreme of South America, bordered by Colombia to the West, Brazil to the South, Guyana to the East, and the Caribbean Sea to the North.
		Venezuela is as much a Caribbean country as it is a South American one.
	www.geographia.com /venezuela (332 words)

	Caracas Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		Reckless and desperate in its quest for modernity, Caracas, with a few notable exceptions, sacrificed elegance and grace for the unbridled visual of its charmless urban center.
		What redeems Caracas is the Caraqueños themselves: a diverse, young, and lively population that colors the grimy streets of the capital with laughter, music, and unrestrained enthusiasm.
		Although Caracas is a rambling metropolis, its places of interest can be explored comfortably in a day or two.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=caracas@46&...&pg=3 (341 words)

	Venezuela News, Views and Analysis - Venezuelanalysis.com - English language on-line newspaper
		Following a report in the Argentinan newspaper Clarín that Venezuela was pursuing the purchase of an Argentinean nuclear reactor, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum declared the report to be false and that Venezuela was merely looking to explore how it could train for and study nuclear technology in cooperation with Argentina.
		Venezuela's president is rarely seen by foreigners for what he is: one of the world's most popular and democratic politicians.
		“Venezuela is the number one ally of the social movements”.
	www.venezuelanalysis.com (1638 words)

	Urban Gardens of Caracas, Venezuela
		Carmen Victor presented these documentary photographs of the communal gardens in Caracas, Venezuela at the DeLeon White Gallery, accompanying the exhibition is a text written by Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art Magazine.
		In addition, she visited Fuerte Tiuna (Fort Tiuna) a large army base located in the centre of Caracas where much of the land is used to grow organic produce.
		This is a new and unusual role for the military in Venezuela, instead of waging war or subduing a population, the Venezuelan army is engaged in feeding its country.
	www.cityfarmer.org /caracas.html (360 words)

	Caracas Venezuela - Beautiful Venezuela
		Venezuela is a beautiful country full of diverse people, cultures and landscape.
		My favorite spots would be in the poor regions on caracas called the barrios.
		Venezuela is also the home of the largest waterfall in the world.
	www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Caracas-738.html (229 words)

	Caracas Venezuela Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Latin America has in Caracas, Venezuela one of the largest active social groups of expats (expatriates) in South America.
		Caracas social activities are listed in ‘What’s on in Caracas’, and we’ll keep you amused with the 'Joke of the Day' page.
		The machine-readable passports, standard issue in most countries, (The British Embassy in Caracas has been operating with the new machine for 6 months now) contain lines of coded data usually beneath the passport photo which can be swiped at airport check-in and at US immigration.
	www.expat-village.com /cat_index_63.shtml (1131 words)

	CNN.com - Venezuela's Chavez back in power, calls for unity - April 14, 2002
		CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- President Hugo Chavez reclaimed power in Venezuela early Sunday, promising to unite the country after being forced out of office for two days amid massive protests.
		Chavez was forced from office by military leaders after he ordered the army to quell anti-government protests, killing 12 demonstrators, opposition leaders and the U.S. State Department said.
		Venezuela is the world's No. 4 oil exporter and the second biggest source of oil to the United States.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/americas/04/14/venezuela (669 words)

	CIC VANAS Teachers Conference \| CIC: The International School of Caracas, Venezuela
		Colegio Internacional de Caracas is proud to host the 2004 VANAS Teachers Conference, Venezuela's premier professional development conference for teachers.
		This year's conference will be held on the CIC campus in Caracas, Venezuela, January 29th and 30th, 2004.
		The purpose of the conference is for teachers to collaborate and share ideas with the goal of improving the quality of their teaching practices and their schools.
	www.cic-caracas.org /vanas (177 words)

	Venezuela -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the southwest and west.
		Isolation limits the south to subsistence agriculture and cattle grazing, but northward are Venezuela's major petroleum fields, especially the Bolívar field on the northeastern shores of Lake Maracaibo.
		Venezuela can be divided into four regions with different elevations and topographic features.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9108771?tocId=9108771 (777 words)

	Caracas, Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Caracas is a complicated city so an escorted tour is highly recommended.
		It is an extremely cosmopolitan city of subways, high rise buildings and is a city of contrasts.
		The Murano Glass Factory outside of Caracas is very interesting and is usually included in the tours.
	www.portpromotions.com /kbyg/caracas.html (337 words)

	CBS News \| Towering Inferno In Caracas \| October 18, 2004 02:59:07 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Neighbors of the 56-story, 730-foot office tower were allowed to return to their residential buildings in downtown Caracas' Parque Central complex Sunday afternoon, but firefighters expected to work through the night to extinguish the last flames and keep them from spreading.
		The complex was built in 1976 and is considered a Caracas landmark.
		Military troops and rescue teams were brought in to help, and military helicopters flew over the building, dropping water on the tower, which houses government offices and ministries.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/10/18/world/main649824.shtml (439 words)

	Worldisround - A Day in Caracas, Venezuela - Sightseeing in Caracas photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sightseeing in Caracas - travel photos - On May 11, 2000, I had the opportunity to take a day-trip to Caracas, Venezuela from...
		On May 11, 2000, I had the opportunity to take a day-trip to Caracas, Venezuela from Aruba, where I was vacationing for a week.
		Caracas enjoyed a large growth spurt during the oil boom of the...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/14588 (677 words)

	British Embassy, Caracas Home
		If you are a British Citizen, it is important that Consular Section know of your presence in Venezuela.
		If you live here, or are visiting for more than a few weeks, please - if you have not already done so - click here to complete the online consular registration.
		To continue exploring the possibilities of increasing the bilateral co-operation in the area of oil and gas, a British commercial mission visited Venezuela between 14-16 September.
	www.britishembassy.gov.uk /venezuela (227 words)

	VENEZUELA NEWS VENEZUELAN NEWS \| HavenWorks.com/world/venezuela capital: Caracas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ...
		"Venezuela's vice president accused Robertson of making "terrorist" remarks and said the US response would put its anti-terror policy to the test."...
		"Venezuela is the fifth-largest oil exporter and a major supplier of oil to the United States."
		"Political instability in Venezuela and the prospect of war in Iraq are triggering price hikes that normally don't kick in until the peak driving season.
	www.havenworks.com /world/venezuela (891 words)

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	Caracas Chronicles
		Whenever a guest says anything that may be interpreted as inciting violence or has sexual content, she reminds the guest of the law and its sanctions.
		What there is is a revolutionary process, there are a series of changes tending towards a revolution that hasn't happened yet, and that's expected to unfold over a given period of time which could extend to two decades including the so-called consolidation period.
		In Venezuela we need to be realistic, you can't be either pessimistic nor optimistic.
	caracaschronicles.blogspot.com (3420 words)

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