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Guaire Miners
The Guaire River Miners, also known as Guaire River Garimpeiros, is the name given to the people who search for metals in the Guaire River, a 72-kilometer-long river in Caracas, Venezuela that is highly contaminated with sewage. The miners are mainly minors, homeless people or Blue-collar worker, blue-collar workers who lost their jobs due to the shutdown of government works or whose salaries are not enough to subsist and do not want to resort to crime. Despite being a practice that dates back to at least 1994, as of 2016 the number of people engaged in this trade increased to dozens and even hundreds during the 2013–present economic crisis in Venezuela, Venezuelan economic crisis, characterized by Hyperinflation in Venezuela, hyperinflation and Shortages in Venezuela, shortages. History Searching for metals in the Guaire River is a practice that has existed for decades in Caracas. In 1994, journalist Anna Vaccarella in the program "Alerta" broadcast by RCTV, Radio Caracas Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1959, the IDB supports Latin American and Caribbean economic development, social development and regional integration by lending to governments and government agencies, including State corporations. The IDB has four official languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Its official names in the other three languages are as follows: History At the First Pan-American Conference in 1890, the idea of a development institution for Latin America was first suggested during the earliest efforts to create an inter-American system. The IDB became a reality under an initiative proposed by President Juscelino Kubitshek of Brazil. The Bank was formally created on April 8, 1959, when the Organization of American States dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paraíso, Caracas
El Paraíso is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality, central of the city of Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ..., Venezuela. References Parishes of Capital District (Venezuela) {{Venezuela-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La California Station
La California is a Caracas Metro station on Line 1. It was opened on 10 November 1989 as part of the extension of Line 1 from Los Dos Caminos to Palo Verde. The station is between Los Cortijos and Petare Dulce Nombre de Jesus de Petare is a neighborhood in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the Metropolitan District of Caracas. It is located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 under .... References {{Authority control Caracas Metro stations 1989 establishments in Venezuela Railway stations opened in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bello Monte
Bello may refer to: People *Bello (surname), multiple people *Bello Nock, (born 1968), American circus clown often known simply as Bello * Domingo Bello y Espinosa (1817–1884), Spanish lawyer and botanist, cited simply as Bello in botanical names *Bello of Carcassonne (died 812), nobleman in Cité de Carcassonne * Atlético Bello, a former Colombian football (soccer) team Places *Bello (Aller), Asturias, Spain * Bello, Antioquia, Colombia * Bello, Aragon, Spain *Bello, Sujawal , Pakistan Other uses *Bello, greeting of a Minion, from the ''Despicable Me'' franchise * Bello (crater), a crater on the planet Mercury *''Doctor Bello'', a 2013 Nigerian film See also *Bellos *Bellow (other) *Bellu (other) *Belo (other) *Monte Bello (other) Monte Bello, Italian for ''beautiful mountain'', can refer to: *Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in California, part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District *A wine label of Ridge Vineyards * Monte Bello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Mercedes, Caracas
Las Mercedes is the largest district for shopping and leisure in Latin America. It is located at the Baruta Municipality, Miranda (state), Caracas. It has an estimated area of 93 hectares (0.93 square kilometers). It contains discos and pubs. It contains clothing and fashion stores, art galleries, and restaurants, that include diverse gastronomical specialties from local food such as Arepa#Venezuela, areperas to foreign and international food. History In the 21st century, new malls have included the Tolón Mall. In 2006 the Baruta mayor began remodeling the ''Plaza Alfredo Sadel'' and an upgrade to the Las Mercedes drainage. There are plans for a future expansion of line 4 of the Caracas Metro which is intended to connect the district with two stations, ''Las Mercedes'' and ''Tamanaco'', with ''Plaza Venezuela'' and ''Parque del Este'' of line 1. This expansion will help reduce traffic jams. See also *Altamira (Caracas) *El Rosal, Caracas *Venezuelan Capital District Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Stadium (Caracas)
The Estadio Universitario is a multi-use stadium in Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ..., Venezuela, and is used mostly for baseball games. The stadium holds 20,723 people and was built in 1952. The Estadio Universitario served as the home stadium for the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League club Leones del Caracas until 2023 and the Tiburones de la Guaira as well until 2019, though they still use the stadium as a secondary home. Concerts References Baseball venues in Venezuela Estadio Universitario de Caracas Sports venues completed in 1952 Estadio Universitario de Caracas Sports venues in Caracas {{baseball-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Venezuela
Plaza Venezuela (Venezuela Square in Spanish) is a public square located in Los Caobos neighborhood, Caracas, Venezuela. It was inaugurated in 1940 and is situated in the geographic center of Caracas. Its place for many landmarks of Caracas, including a fountain with lights, the Christopher Columbus monument of Manuel de la Cova, the Fisicromía tribute to Andrés Bello of Carlos Cruz-Diez and the Open Solar sculpture of Alejandro Otero. Also provides access to other important places like the University City and the Botanical Garden of Caracas, the Twin Towers of Central Park, the Boulevard of Sabana Grande and the Cultural Arts Center. Between 2007 and 2009, a restoration plan was carried out in the area by PDVSA La Estancia Art Center. The fountain has undergone five projects dating from 1940 to the new opened on August 9, 2009, version, which incorporates media technology in lighting control and solid state devices. It is the first version of this source that incorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Bello Catholic University
Andrés Bello Catholic University also known in Spanish as Universidad Católica Andrés Bello is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (where the main campus is located), Los Teques, Guayana, and Coro. Named for Venezuelan writer Andrés Bello, UCAB was founded in October 1953 by the Society of Jesus (Episcopado Venezolano a la Compañía de Jesús). In 2017 it was ranked as the fourth best and top private university in Venezuela. Programs Academic departments of the school include that of Economics and Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, Engineering, Theology, and the Law School. All faculties also offer postgraduate education. The university publications deal mainly with human rights issues and cultural topics. In 2013 the university opened its new library with the goal of delivering state-of-the-art services to faculty and students, including its Cultural Center and Reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antímano
Antímano is a district of Caracas, Venezuela. It is part of Libertador municipality. According to a 2007 estimate of the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, it had a population of 150,971 people in 2007. The name Antímano derives from a combination of the words Atamanona and Amatima, the names of two indigenous groups which lived in the area before the Spanish Conquest. Antímano was established in 1621 as an agricultural village, and remained rural until the first part of the twentieth century. Towards the end of the nineteenth century the Venezuelan President Antonio Guzmán Blanco built a country house in Antímano, calling it "La Pequeña Versalles" (Little Versailles). From the mid-1940s Antímano began to develop as an industrial zone, with the first factories producing Polar beer and Pepsi. The steel company Sidetur was founded here in 1948. The house of Guzman Blanco fell into disuse for over 30 years (despite being declared a National Monument) and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central University Of Venezuela
The Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: ''Universidad Central de Venezuela''; UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in Latin America. Founded in 1721, it is the oldest university in Venezuela and one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. The main university campus, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, was designed by architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and it is considered a masterpiece of urban planning and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. History Origins The origin of the university goes back to Friar Antonio González de Acuña (1620–1682), a Spanish Bishop born in present day Peru who studied theology at the Universidad de San Marcos and founded in 1673 the Seminary Saint Rose of Lima in Caracas named after the first Catholic Saint born in the Americas. In the following years, Friar Diego de Baños y Sotomayor broadened the scope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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