Caracas

American  

[kuh-rah-kuhs, kah-rah-kahs] / kəˈrɑ kəs, kɑˈrɑ kɑs /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.

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Caracas British  

/ kəˈrækəs, kaˈrakas, -ˈrɑː- /

noun

1. 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)

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Caracas Cultural  

1. 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.

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Caracas

“I kept asking myself whether it was true or not,” the 35-year-old office worker said as she joined thousands of supporters on the streets of Caracas to welcome Machado’s caravan on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Driving down roads lined with jubilant supporters from the western state of Lara to the capital Caracas, Maria Corina Machado's return to Venezuela could hardly have been more different to her exit 10 months earlier.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Now, the U.S.-backed government in Caracas is carving up Rincón’s sprawling Grupo Lamar conglomerate and allowing outside investors to manage pieces of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lorch and other Pentagon and State Department officials flew to Caracas in the final days of that month and agreed in principle to a deal.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Citra did her best to leave DNA traces on half a dozen trains before slipping onto the one bound for Caracas, on the north Amazonia coast.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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