BGuthrie Photos: Venezuela -- Caracas

Venezuela -- Caracas:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CAR_600026_08.JPG: Caracas Airport -- Grandma and Grandpa leaving Venezuela
2. CAR_600026_13.JPG: Caracas Airport -- Grandma and Grandpa leaving Venezuela
3. CAR_600026_19.JPG: Caracas Beach
4. CAR_600026_23.JPG: Caracas Beach
5. CAR_600026_29.JPG: Caracas Beach
6. CAR_600026_36.JPG: Altamira Tennis Club
7. CAR_600026_40.JPG: Altamira Tennis Club
8. CAR_600026_45.JPG: Altamira Tennis Club
9. CAR_600026_49.JPG: Fire on Avila
10. CAR_600026_56.JPG: Fire on Avila
11. CAR_600026_63.JPG: Caracas Water Reservoir
12. CAR_600026_67.JPG: Golf Course Hole
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Wikipedia Description: Caracas
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Caracas, officially Santiago de Le�n 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 northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El �vila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants.

The center of the city is still Catedral, located near Bol�var Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan area. The Caracas Stock Exchange and Petr�leos de Venezuela (PDVSA) are headquartered in Caracas. Empresas Polar is the largest company in Venezuela. Caracas is also Venezuela's cultural capital, with many restaurants, theaters, museums, and shopping centers. Caracas has some of the tallest skyscrapers in Latin America, such as the Parque Central Towers. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas is one of the most important in South America.

Caracas has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, with 76 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
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1960 photos: From August, 1958 until July 1963, our family lived Caracas, Venezuela. Dad worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey which had acquired Creole Petroleum Corporation and its oil fields in Lake Maracaibo back in 1928. In 1950, Creole opened its oil fields in Amuay Bay. In 1951, Creole was the world's largest oil producer. We lived in Caracas until July, 1963 at which point we moved back to New York. Creole was nationalized by the Venezuelan government in 1975. Venezuela had forced its military dictator P�rez Jim�nez out of office in January, 1958. A democratic government struggled for decades afterward although Cuban-sponsored Communist terrorists were a problem in the 1960s while we were there. Oil prices, which were the main source of income for the country, went through the roof in the 1970s, resulting is massive government spending. This led to massive debts once prices fell in the 1980s, resulting in riots and political chaos, with Hugo Chavez attempting a coup in 1992. He was later pardoned and elected dictator in 1998. From 1953 to 1976, the bulk of these pictures were taken by my Dad, Glenn Guthrie At the time, he was using a complicated, but normal for the day, manual Kodak with light meters and such. All of Dad's pictures from this time were slides. In 2020, I collected all of Dad's slides (some of which had been in Mom's possession after the divorce) and digitized them for the site.
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