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La Guaira
La Guaira is the main port of Venezuela, on the Caribbean coast just north of Caracas, from which it is separated by the coastal mountain range. Fortified in the colonial era, it handled much of the country's trade, including cocoa exports. In 1812 Francisco de Miranda was arrested there and handed over to the Spanish, and in February 1814 Bolívar ordered the execution of hundreds of Spanish prisoners held in the port.
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