Karacas

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Karacas has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Morning Wire (Jan 2026). Named as the capital city where collectivos set up checkpoints during the crackdown.

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas. It is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of Venezuela, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range. The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the shore by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200-foot) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila. To the south there are more hills and mountains that form the val