 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Caracas yakawedzera kukura, nhamba yevanhu, uye kukosha mune zveupfumi panguva yokuwedzera kwemafuta muVenezuela mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi20. Mumakore ekuma1950, nzvimbo yeguta guru reGran Caracas yakagadzirwa, uye guta rakatanga chirongwa chakasimba chekuvandudza, mari yezvivakwa zveveruzhinji, izvo zvakaramba zvichienderera mberi muma1960 nekutanga kwema1970. Zviratidzo zvetsika, zvakadai seYunivhesiti Guta reCaracas, rakagadzirwa nemugadziri wemazuva ano Carlos Raúl Villanueva uye rakaziviswa seWorld Heritage Site neUNESCO muna 2000; iyo Caracas Museum yeContemporary Art; uye Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex yakavakwa, pamwe neCaracas Metro nenzvimbo yakagadzirwa yedhorobha. Kukura kwemaguta kwakanga kuchikurumidza, kuchitungamirira kukudziridzwa kwenzvimbo dzine misha pamakomo akapoteredza guta idzva. Zvizhinji zvekuvandudzwa kweguta zvakawirawo mukushomeka kusvika kumagumo ezana ramakore rechi20, nekunyanyisa kwemafuta kwema1980 uye kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika seCaracazo, zvichireva kuti kuchengetedza hakugone kuenderera. Zvinetso zveupfumi uye zvemagariro zvinopfuurira muguta guru rose nenyika, zvinoratidzwa seCrisis muVenezuela. Pakazosvika 2017, Caracas rakanga riri guta rine chisimba zvikurusa munyika. 