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Puerto Cabello

American  
[pwer-taw kah-ve-yaw] / ˈpwɛr tɔ kɑˈvɛ yɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Venezuela.


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Ronald Herrera remembered the prosperity that Puerto Cabello enjoyed decades ago as home to the El Palito refinery -- once a symbol of Venezuela's oil boom.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“We are 11 people, all from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela,” said Maxina Cereño, 57, after she and the others tossed their backpacks over the barbed labyrinth and crawled through an opening.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

The nearby port in Puerto Cabello was once the driving force behind the local economy.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2017

The companies included a fleet of fuel trucks and nine warehouses in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela's most important port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2011

We at once gave chase, and at half-past six A. M., came up with, and captured the schooner Abby Bradford, from New York, bound for Puerto Cabello.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael