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Puerto Cabello (pwār`tō käbā`yō), city (1990 pop. 128,825), N Venezuela, a port on the Caribbean Sea. An important Venezuelan port, it ships meat, coffee, cacao, dyewoods, and copper ores. Near the city is one of Venezuela's most modern oil and chemical plants. Strategically located, Puerto Cabello was subject to attacks by buccaneers and was a favorite market for Dutch smugglers during the colonial era. The last Spanish royalist stronghold during Venezuela's war for independence, it was captured by José Antonio Páez Páez, José Antonio (hōsā` äntō`nyō pä`ās) ..... Click the link for more information. in 1823. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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CONTAINER KINGS--THOUSANDS OF TEUS Rank Port Country 2001 Change 1 Colon (/1) Panama 1,212 -10% 2 Santos Brazil 1,048 6% 3 Buenos Aires (/2) Argentina 1,010 -10% 4 Kingston Jamaica 983 10% 5 Puerto Cabello Venezuela 618 12% 6 Puerto Limon-Moin Costa Rica 578 -1% 7 Freeport Bahamas 570 0% 8 Veracruz Mexico 543 2% 9 Cartagena (/3) Colombia 531 40% 10 Haina D. In 1914, when Johnson returned from his diplomatic posts as consul in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, and Corinto, Nicaragua, he needed both a full-time job to support himself and his wife, Grace Nail Johnson, and a power base from which to launch a further literary and political career. Venezuela's Puerto Cabello will seek once again to interest investors in a $320 million project to double the port's size in the next three years. |
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