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Venezuela, state by state
The main news from each of Venezuela's 24 states, linked to regional outlets. Only stories from the last seven days.
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At a glance
Capital
Central
West
ZuliaZulia state government replaces 120 meters of sewer main on the Amparo corridor
FalcónFalcón fencers win 16 medals at the national qualifier in Barquisimeto
LaraMore than 350 families in Guerrera Ana Soto, in Unión parish, ask for their own transformer
YaracuyLiceo Creación Sabanita opens in Yaritagua with 194 students
The Andes
The Llanos
East
Islands
Guayana
BolívarAbout five businesses are still open at the Mercadito de Puerto Ordaz
Amazonas
No verified news this week
Delta AmacuroTwo schools in Warao communities in Pedernales are renovated
State by state
Distrito Capital
Students at an El Junquito school sheltering quake victims attend class one day a week (opens in a new tab). Read in Crónica.Uno
At least 1,980 students of the Luis Hurtado Higuera school, at kilometer 12, attend three private schools one day a week because their building houses 298 people displaced by the June earthquakes, according to Crónica.Uno.
Buying drinking water costs a Caricuao family about $20 a month (opens in a new tab). Read in Crónica.Uno
A Caricuao resident, who gets water only on Fridays and Saturdays, spends about $20 a month refilling jugs at $1 each; a 3,000- to 5,000-liter tanker truck costs $50 to $70, according to Crónica.Uno.
Miranda
Panamericana drivers report landslides and potholes every time it rains (opens in a new tab). Read in El Tequeño
Rubén Briceño says traffic grinds to a halt in the rain at Las Minas, Montaña Alta and Carrizal, and Gregory Silva describes overgrowth, fallen poles and potholes on the old Caracas-Los Teques road, according to El Tequeño.
Los Teques' 13th Theater Festival closes with an average of more than 800 spectators a day (opens in a new tab). Read in El Tequeño
The program ended Saturday the 17th after more than two weeks at Teatro Lamas, the Cecilio Acosta cultural center, Sala Emma Soler and public squares; Mimí Lazo will give a special performance of Mi sexta boda on October 21, according to El Tequeño.
Altos Mirandinos schools remain short of teachers because of low pay (opens in a new tab). Read in El Tequeño
Guaicaipuro, Carrizal and Los Salias lack teachers even though the Education Ministry says the national shortage fell from 65,000 to 13,000; one teacher says they teach in the morning and give motorcycle rides in the afternoon, according to El Tequeño.
La Guaira
La Guaira Chamber of Commerce distributes supplies donated from Portugal to health centers (opens in a new tab). Read in La Verdad de Vargas
Shirley Camarán, of the chamber's social responsibility committee, delivered gloves and masks to the Caraballeda clinic, the Social Security's José María Vargas hospital, the Macuto maternity hospital, the Pariata clinic and Senamecf, according to La Verdad de Vargas.
Tower 3 of La Llovizna in Playa Grande, damaged by the earthquakes, is brought down with explosives (opens in a new tab). Read in La Verdad de Vargas
The 10-story building was uninhabitable and threatened to collapse onto nearby communities; it is the 13th building demolished in the state because of damage from the two June 24 earthquakes, according to La Verdad de Vargas.
Earthquake debris removal fills La Guaira's streets with dust (opens in a new tab). Read in La Verdad de Vargas
Machinery and trucks work without water spraying or tarps, and dust coats homes and shops; the paper recommends masks and goggles to prevent asthma attacks, bronchitis and conjunctivitis, especially in children and older adults, according to La Verdad de Vargas.
Aragua
Villa de Cura shopkeepers lose appliances to voltage swings (opens in a new tab). Read in El Siglo
José Barreto, who manages a bakery on Avenida Bolívar, lost three appliances in six months despite surge protectors; shopkeeper José Pérez says an afternoon outage runs into a morning one, adding up to 12 hours without power, according to El Siglo.
La Carpiera, in Cagua, gets new asphalt and new pipes after two phases of work (opens in a new tab). Read in El Siglo
The project replaced drinking water and sewer pipes, channeled storm runoff and paved the road buses use into downtown Cagua; it serves about 200 families between Ramos and Prolongación Bolívar, according to El Siglo.
Palo Negro's community clinic reopens in Libertador municipality (opens in a new tab). Read in El Siglo
Governor Joana Sánchez led the reactivation of the center, which has five rooms, a surgical area and a delivery room and serves about 5,000 patients and more than 320 pregnant women a month, according to El Siglo.
Carabobo
Pueblo de San Diego residents go nearly 48 hours without power after lines fall (opens in a new tab). Read in El Carabobeño
The lines came loose from a pole at the corner of Calle Páez and Calle Capilla after a short circuit on the night of October 14; resident Carmen Teresa Márquez says without power there is no water either and Corpoelec is waiting for materials, according to El Carabobeño.
Paramacay case annulment appeal remains undecided in Valencia (opens in a new tab). Read in El Carabobeño
Luis Armando Betancourt, of Foro Penal in Carabobo, represents 10 of the 23 people sentenced to 30 years; he says Appeals Chamber 1 lost its quorum and the appeal moved to Chamber 2, and on October 16 he asked the TSJ to take the case, according to El Carabobeño.
Four older adults in La Isabelica live under a leaking roof next to a sewer (opens in a new tab). Read in El Carabobeño
On path 17 of sector 10, in Valencia, an 87-year-old woman bails out water before dawn when it rains; the family lives on a survivor's pension that goes to food and cannot cover roof repairs, according to El Carabobeño.
Cojedes
Ramón Villegas Izquiel publishing house presents ten books in San Carlos (opens in a new tab). Read in Últimas Noticias
Editor Eduardo Mariño presented poetry, fiction, essays and an educational research guide at the Unellez library, including Héctor Nuno González's novel Yenifer; the works can be read on the publisher's website, according to Últimas Noticias.
Zulia
Zulia state government replaces 120 meters of sewer main on the Amparo corridor (opens in a new tab). Read in La Verdad
Work on Calle 63-A in Maracaibo's Raúl Leoni parish is replacing a 12-inch sewer main under the state's Plan Rector de Aguas Servidas, the Zulia state government said, according to La Verdad.
Maracaibo paves 4 kilometers of its historic center before the Chinita procession (opens in a new tab). Read in Versión Final
Governor Luis Caldera's plan calls for 11,000 tons of asphalt, of which 7,000 are already down, and will replace more than 320 streetlights on Avenida Padilla, El Milagro and the Santa Lucía and Bolívar parishes before October 31, according to Versión Final.
Termozulia's Unit 7 went offline six days after returning to the grid (opens in a new tab). Read in El Informador
The unit, which had added 150 MW, broke down on Monday, October 12, and Corpoelec is inspecting the turbine with a borescope; Zulia has daily rationing of up to six hours without notice, according to El Informador.
Falcón
Falcón fencers win 16 medals at the national qualifier in Barquisimeto (opens in a new tab). Read in Notifalcon
The delegation took 2 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze and 7 in the mini category; Marlui Hernández, who heads the state association, said the team goes next to a South American event in Medellín, according to Notifalcon.
Los Taques lays 540 meters of pipe for the Eje Largo aqueduct (opens in a new tab). Read in Notifalcon
The Falcón state government, Los Taques city hall and Hidroven are laying the pipe to raise pressure and steady the water supply to hundreds of families in the municipality, according to Notifalcon.
Falcón holds its first statewide earthquake drill with more than 25,000 participants (opens in a new tab). Read in Notifalcon
The exercise in Coro mobilized 15,000 public agency, security and risk management staff; Yoe Cabos, the state's Civil Protection director, said it will be repeated every year, according to Notifalcon.
Lara
More than 350 families in Guerrera Ana Soto, in Unión parish, ask for their own transformer (opens in a new tab). Read in La Prensa de Lara
They rely on an overloaded transformer on El Carmen's main avenue; for about three months one or two phases have dropped when power returns, and one day they went more than 16 hours without service, resident Maribel Flores says, according to La Prensa de Lara.
Lara cellist Gregorio Nieto is a Latin Grammy nominee for best classical album (opens in a new tab). Read in La Prensa de Lara
His second album, Opus 33 - Romantic Cello, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under Josep Vicent, competes at the November 12 ceremony in Las Vegas; Nieto started out in El Sistema in Barquisimeto, according to La Prensa de Lara.
Yaracuy
Liceo Creación Sabanita opens in Yaritagua with 194 students (opens in a new tab). Read in Yaracuy al Día
The secondary school, in eastern Yaritagua, will operate in a municipal building handed over to the Education Ministry and will serve 19 communities; Peña Mayor Giovanny Parra attended the opening, according to Yaracuy al Día.
The Chivacoa-Barquisimeto train changes its schedule starting October 19 (opens in a new tab). Read in Yaracuy al Día
The state railway institute set the first departure from Chivacoa at 5:10 a.m. and the last return from Barquisimeto at 5:05 p.m., with an 8:50 a.m. departure on Saturdays; the fare is 160 bolivars, according to Yaracuy al Día.
Parents at Nirgua's Pedro María Sosa de Salom school protest a cracked concrete roof (opens in a new tab). Read in Yaracuy al Día
Spokeswoman Yris Barreto said the roof has had cracks and leaks for several years and that a chunk fell near a child a few days ago; parents want Governor Leonardo Intoci to inspect the school, according to Yaracuy al Día.
Mérida
At least 15 La Mucuy Alta families have gone a month without power after a transformer burned out (opens in a new tab). Read in Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias
Resident Carlos Estrada says they reported the failure through VenApp, to Santos Marquina city hall and in a letter to the governor, and that Corpoelec is waiting for new transformers to send one to the area, according to Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias.
Mérida state government says its new intensive care unit is more than 90% built (opens in a new tab). Read in Diario de Los Andes
It will open with 16 beds, expandable to 32, and have adult, pediatric, isolation, dialysis and burn areas, state health chief Moraima Salazar said; the report gives no opening date or hospital, according to Diario de Los Andes.
Timotes aqueduct repaired, restoring water to about 2,100 families (opens in a new tab). Read in Diario de Los Andes
Crews cleared the sand trap and the intake grate at Mucumbas Alto and Mucumbas Bajo, clogged by sediment from the rains, in about four hours of work, the Water Ministry said, according to Diario de Los Andes.
Táchira
San Cristóbal residents repair mattresses because a new one costs over $100 (opens in a new tab). Read in La Nación
Orthopedic and semi-orthopedic mattresses run from over $100 to over $500, while a repair averages under $20; merchant Génesis Contreras says she used to sell one a week and now sells one a month at most, according to La Nación.
A collapsed sewer main opens holes in the El Topón road in San Rafael (opens in a new tab). Read in La Nación
The two holes have been open for more than 15 days on the road used by the truck carrying chemicals to the Cordero water treatment plant, which supplies 13 municipalities; resident Teódulo Orozco says the pipes were patched with wooden wedges, according to La Nación.
San Cristóbal's Central Hospital gets a new medical waste system (opens in a new tab). Read in La Nación
UNDP and the Táchira state government installed two incinerators, a cremulator and a shredder at the José María Vargas hospital and certified 45 people to run them, according to La Nación.
Trujillo
Five more people show poisoning symptoms in Burbusay in less than 24 hours (opens in a new tab). Read in Diario de Los Andes
Two teachers and two students at the César LaBastidas school and a teenager had nausea, dizziness and shortness of breath on October 20; teams from the Zona Educativa, Fundasalud and the Cicpc are looking for the substance, according to Diario de Los Andes.
Rotary Valera will offer polio vaccinations on October 22 at the Bella Vista clinic (opens in a new tab). Read in Diario de Los Andes
The drive for children under five starts at 8:00 a.m.; the club also saw 35 patients at a breast cancer screening day at the Santa Eduviges medical center, according to Diario de Los Andes.
Trujillo reaches 80 pacemaker patients this year (opens in a new tab). Read in Diario de Los Andes
The 16th cardiovascular drive was held October 11 at José Gregorio Hernández hospital, with patients from Pampán, Valera and Caja Seca, in Zulia; surgery and supplies were free, Minsalud Trujillo said, according to Diario de Los Andes.
Apure
No verified news this week
Barinas
Barinas livestock fair brings together 538 animals from 17 states through October 18 (opens in a new tab). Read in Últimas Noticias
Agriculture and Lands Minister Vladimir Padrino López and Governor Adán Chávez opened the fair at the Barinas fairgrounds, part of the 59th Virgen del Pilar festivities, according to Últimas Noticias.
Barinas farmers receive 880 land titles covering 26,000 hectares (opens in a new tab). Read in Últimas Noticias
Padrino López and Adán Chávez handed the titles to small and midsize producers, along with machinery for farm roads and motorcycles for the cattle herd registry plan; 3,034 titles were issued across the five llanos states, according to Últimas Noticias.
Guárico
Guárico's CTV branch asks to revive minimum wage consultations and proposes $200 (opens in a new tab). Read in El Nacionalista
The branch called wage agreements attributed to the national labor dialogue table false after Delcy Rodríguez's announcements at Fedecámaras, and set out nine proposals, among them revising education and health pay scales, according to El Nacionalista.
Highway 11 between Guárico and southern Aragua reopens with a new bridge over the Pao river (opens in a new tab). Read in El Tubazo Digital
The work in San Sebastián de los Reyes took more than 40 days, with four retaining walls and more than 500 tons of asphalt; the bridge holds up to 70 tons, and heavier vehicles use an alternate crossing, according to El Tubazo Digital.
OVP reports the death of a 59-year-old inmate at the 26 de Julio prison (opens in a new tab). Read in El Diario
The Venezuelan Prison Observatory attributes the death to respiratory arrest, reports outbreaks of fever, diarrhea and vomiting and a lack of doctors at the prison, and wants an inquiry into possible lapses in care, according to El Diario.
Portuguesa
Portuguesa FC secures a spot in the 2027 Copa Sudamericana (opens in a new tab). Read in Portuguesa Reporta
A 0-0 draw with UCV on October 18, in Round 13 of the Clausura, left the club fifth in the aggregate table; it returns to international play after three years, with Leonardo González as coach, according to Portuguesa Reporta.
Engineers blame design and construction flaws for the La Estación bridge failure in Ospino (opens in a new tab). Read in Portuguesa Reporta
An 11-member Ceinport panel found the bridge, which gave way less than 70 hours after opening, leaves 18 meters of clearance for a river about 30 wide and sits on foundations 1.50 to 2 meters deep; it asked city hall for the file, according to Portuguesa Reporta.
Araure and Santa Rosalía residents report nighttime and early-morning power cuts (opens in a new tab). Read in Portuguesa Reporta
In Santa Rosalía, community leader Arnoldo Rodríguez says outages run from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. or from 1:00 to 7:00 a.m.; in La Canal, in Araure, notices arrive after 9:00 p.m., according to Portuguesa Reporta.
Anzoátegui
Sewage runs down streets 2, 3 and 4 of El Tigre's José Antonio Páez neighborhood (opens in a new tab). Read in El Tiempo
Resident Lisa Terán says the overflow gets worse when it rains and surrounds the neighborhood's sports court; it has spread to Hernández Parés and affects about 500 families, according to El Tiempo.
American Airlines to fly between Miami and Barcelona starting January 15, 2027 (opens in a new tab). Read in El Nacional
The route to José Antonio Anzoátegui airport will have three weekly flights, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, on Embraer 175 jets; tickets go on sale October 19, according to El Nacional.
Cantaura loses power for the third time in a month (opens in a new tab). Read in El Tiempo
The October 16 outage lasted from 9:00 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. because of a damaged insulator and a broken line on the Troncal 34.5 kV circuit in Las Malvinas, Corpoelec's Wilfredo Díaz said; a September 16 outage lasted 17 hours, according to El Tiempo.
Monagas
Maturín replaces three light poles on Avenida Bella Vista after a crash (opens in a new tab). Read in El Periódico de Monagas
A vehicle overturned into a pole on Saturday and damaged three, knocking out more than 150 meters of lighting; the city's street lighting department installed new poles, six luminaires and 200 meters of cable, according to El Periódico de Monagas.
Oil unions from Monagas, Anzoátegui and Sucre demand union freedom from foreign operators (opens in a new tab). Read in El Periódico de Monagas
FUTPV, headed by Williams Golindano, reported alleged firings and hiring without social security at companies holding production-sharing contracts, and announced a commission that will tour the oil states, according to El Periódico de Monagas.
Maturín's Prados del Sur lives with overflowing sewers next to its water tank (opens in a new tab). Read in El Periódico de Monagas
Resident Eneidys Uray says the streets are full of sewage and illnesses have broken out; the worst spot is Calle 4, next to the Barrio Adentro clinic, and paving promised by Governor Ernesto Luna has not started, according to El Periódico de Monagas.
Sucre
Salinas de Araya retirees reach 237 days on strike (opens in a new tab). Read in Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias
Aníbal Nuñez, of the retirees' association, says they are demanding money owed to 250 retirees and remain outside the company's gates in Cruz Salmerón Acosta municipality, according to Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias.
Bermúdez's 24 communes vote among 168 projects in the popular consultation (opens in a new tab). Read in Carupanero.com
At 52 centers, residents pick one project per commune plus 10 more for those with the highest turnout, 34 in all; 90 of the proposals cover water, sanitation and energy, Mayor Julio Rodríguez said, according to Carupanero.com.
Nueva Esparta
Food and health drive serves more than 12,000 older adults in Nueva Esparta (opens in a new tab). Read in Últimas Noticias
The Food Ministry handed out food packages and offered medical checkups and haircuts in all 11 municipalities; the main event was at the Los Hatos de Altagracia commune, in Gómez, with Governor Marisel Velásquez, according to Últimas Noticias.
Bolívar
About five businesses are still open at the Mercadito de Puerto Ordaz (opens in a new tab). Read in Correo del Caroní
Tenants say the pandemic and rerouted bus lines emptied the city center, and they are asking for more routes, security and flexible payment terms; at Trébol III, months of rent are being waived to attract tenants, according to Correo del Caroní.
A Ferrominera union leader reports being held for an hour on the way to the CVG vigil (opens in a new tab). Read in Correo del Caroní
By their account, four men in a vehicle cut them off at 6:30 a.m. Monday in San Félix and the detention ended on Avenida Manuel Piar, with a hypertensive crisis and eight hours away from the protest, according to Correo del Caroní.
Guasipati went more than 18 hours without power on October 14 (opens in a new tab). Read in Correo del Caroní
Community leader Darío Graffe says the outage hit businesses and dialysis patients and wants the transformer installed that would give Guasipati its own supply; Roscio municipality already had scheduled four-hour cuts, according to Correo del Caroní.
Amazonas
No verified news this week
Delta Amacuro
Two schools in Warao communities in Pedernales are renovated (opens in a new tab). Read in Últimas Noticias
The Beatriz de Figueroa high school and the Blanca Herrera bilingual school got new paint, roof repairs, furniture and a kitchen; acting Governor Suyiban Bermúdez said they serve more than 400 students, according to Últimas Noticias.
Reader poll, not scientific
Reader poll, not scientific