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  • Urbanism
  • 23 Feb 2026
  • 4 min

Tall Stories 497: Maracaibo’s modest Metro system

Alamy / Jose Bula Urrutia

  • The Urbanist
  • Urbanism
  • 4 min

Gustavo Ocando Alex tells the story of the Maracaibo Metro, which has garnered a particularly diminutive nickname thanks to its limited coverage – the result of a lack of funding and alleged corruption.

Host
  • Andrew Tuck
Contributors
  • Andrew Tuck
  • David Stevens
  • Gustavo Ocando Alex

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