Fort Beekenburg, Caracas Bay, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Aerial View of Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela

Men playing chess, Sabana Grande district, Caracas, Venezuela, South America

Street scene with Santa Teresa church, Caracas, Venezuela, South America

Caracas, Venezuela, South America

El Hatillo district, Caracas, Venezuela, South America

Statue of Simon Bolivar, Independence Monument, Los Proceres, Caracas, Venezuela, South America

City view, Caracas, Venezuela, South America

Santa Teresa church, Caracas, Venezuela, South America

Off-road car driving from Caracas to Salto Karuai, Gran Sabana, Venezuela

View from Las Mercedes on the El Avila mountain range, capital Caracas, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, South America

Beach in a bay of the Caribbean coast, Chichiriviche de Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, South America

Cinder block homes cover the mountainside in Petare, Latin America's largest shanty town, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 23, 2008.

Water is collected in a bucket from a natural mountain spring in Caracas, Venezuela.

Political paraphernalia is sold at an election night rally of Chavistas, the term coined for supporters of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 in Caracas. Venezuelans held pivotal elections that politically empowered the opposition movement against Chavez and his Socialist revolution. Elections were held across the country for 22 of the 23 state governorships, 328 mayors and 233 state legislators.

VENEZUELA Caracas Church in colonial section of Petare with telephone and power cables in the foreground.