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  • Urbanism
  • 13 Apr 2026
  • 6 min

Tall Stories 504: Caracas’s El Helicoide – from mall to political prison to rebirth

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  • The Urbanist
  • Urbanism
  • 6 min

Camille Rodríguez Montilla investigates the dark history and hopeful future of Caracas’s mall-turned-political-prison – El Helicoide.

Host
  • Andrew Tuck
Contributor
  • Camille Rodríguez Montilla
Producer
  • David Stevens

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