A regional centre was also established in Caracas (Venezuela) to provide support to Central American and Caribbean countries.

In 1955, at 48, Niemeyer designed the Museum of Modern Art of Caracas.

The Caracas Declaration was adopted by the Sixth Congress and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 35 171 of 15 December 1980.

In that connection, for the first time in our region, the sixteenth World Festival of Youth and Students was held in Caracas in August 2005 a demonstration of the permanent and tireless struggle for youth and their rights.

The Sixth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders was held in Caracas from 25 August to 5 September 1980.

This road movie takes viewers from the turbulent urban environment of Caracas to the rural landscapes of the Venezuelan state of Bolivar, all the way to the top of Mount Roraima.

Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District (covering Caracas), and federal dependencies (covering Venezuela's offshore islands).

As Al Jazeera's Latin America bureau chief, the Syrian born Palestinian journalist developed a close relationship with Chavez during her 10 year stay in Caracas.

The Central Range runs parallel to the coast and includes the hills surrounding Caracas the Eastern Range, separated from the Central Range by the Gulf of Cariaco, covers all of Sucre and northern Monagas.

The Caracas Declaration contained recommendations for standard minimum rules for juvenile justice, public participation in crime prevention, improved statistics and eradication of extralegal executions.

After a month of uncertainty about his whereabouts, Diyab turned up in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was detained for 17 days and then deported back to Montevideo.

On the travel and lifestyle site Matador Network, journalist Adriana Herrera has gathered examples of the work that organizations in Caracas are doing to offer up some optimism in the midst of the economic and political crisis that is clouding the outlook of many Venezuelans.

Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north, especially in the capital, Caracas, which is also the largest city in Venezuela.

Demographics Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north, especially in the capital Caracas, which is also the largest city.

A High Level Conference on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (ECDC) held at Caracas in 1981 urged negotiations on a Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) among developing countries to promote joint initiatives in marketing and technology transfer.

The exhibitions were an invaluable stimulant in initiating the Journey of Art for Peace through which his works were shown under the auspices of art museums, cultural institutions, and peace centers in extensive solo exhibitions that traveled internationally and particularly in Latin America.

On 25 November 2011, the first of US 11 billion of repatriated gold bullion arrived in Caracas Chávez called the repatriation of gold a sovereign step that will help protect the country's foreign reserves from the turmoil in the U.S. and Europe.

We are similarly honoured and proud to be this year's host country to the meeting in the Latin American and Caribbean region of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which will be held in Caracas from 13 to 15 December.

Venezuela has a number of universities, of which the most prestigious are the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), founded in Caracas in 1721, the University of Zulia (LUZ) founded in 1891, the University of the Andes (ULA), founded in Mérida State in 1810, and Simón Bolívar University (USB), founded in Miranda State in 1967.

It is a third generation right that this Assembly recognized in resolution 39 11 of 12 November 1984, and it was reaffirmed by the States members of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Reaffirmation of Caracas, when we commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the OAS Charter.