Caracas is Caracas .

Caracas is no Havana.

Political graffiti in Caracas.

My Caracas, the city I know, is not the same as my Mom's Caracas.

Hugo Chavez mural in Caracas, Venezuela.

But it's Caracas, and I love it.

How long have you stayed in Caracas?

Caracas North American Association of Venezuela, 1983.

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CA We are going live now to Caracas.

Here are some shots of Caracas wall art

Caracas, Venezuela, viewed from El Avila National Park.

Because I used to love Caracas very much.

I guess that's how my mother remembers Caracas.

Children at Jesús María Olaso school in Caracas, Venezuela.

Caracas scares me, in a deep and distressing way.

Caracas is mine, it is part of my history.

And then it reveals the Caracas of my dreams.

Photo of Caracas by Wikimedia Commons, in the Public Domain.

Caracas is dangerous because it's unpredictable, she says to me.

But Caracas is different, it has a sense of identity.

Commission of Jurists, Caracas, 16 January 1989, CIJL Bulletin, No. 23

Have you ever been to Buenos Aires, Quito, Caracas, or Mexico City?

But Caracas is also a memory of what it could have been.

In 1777, Caracas became the capital of the Captaincy General of Venezuela.

In Catia, Caracas, a traditionally chavista area, voters were surrounded by armed people.

Because for her, Caracas is more than a city it represents a threat.

That is philosophy, she says. Caracas has never been so dangerous or cruel.

At the bakery, a man comments aloud about the street protests happening in Caracas.

In February, Caracas was forced to devalue the local currency to 6.3 bolivars per dollar.

Meanwhile, from Caracas, Liliana Ochoa ( liliob) shared a picture that shows deployment of military troops.

His post Flying Bags shows children in a Caracas slum using bags in place of kites

Cindy, the rapping grandma (thank you, Luis Carlos) has been a Caracas metro sensation for years.

Illustrative Image by andresAzp, available in Flickr Evening protests on February 15th in Altamira. Caracas, Venezuela.

You and I are united, Caracas, by this vision of the world that we once shared.

A modern, advanced and cosmopolitan Caracas, a city seeking to overcome simple problems of urban development.

Chris Anderson And now we go live to Caracas to see one of Maestro Abreu's great proteges.

Henrique Capriles supporters in Bolívar Avenue in Caracas during his campaign's closing event on September 30, 2012.

Caracas is the consequence of this country's history, more than any other region or place in Venezuela, she tells me. Caracas started as a dream Guzmán Blanco dreamed of a beautiful, Frenchified, but at the same time, phony city.

Elvis Flores, a cameraman for the online channel VPITV was arrested mid broadcast while filming protesters in Caracas.

Photographer and blogger Alberto Rojas shares photos of wall art in The Route of the Spanish in Caracas, Venezuela.

Out of Canada Beijing, Boston, Cambridge, Caracas, Cotonou (Bénin), Jerusalem, Lahore, Madrid, Manila, New Delhi, New York, Nicosia, Santiago, Vienna.

It s just like Caracas, lots of makeup to hide the wrinkles, its mouth hardened into an expression of pure bitterness.

Alberto explains that most Caracas residents don't know about this open air museum because they are afraid to visit the area.

All this is true, but in spite of the profusion of symbols, ideas, and approaches, Caracas keeps going against all odds.