Qualla: Macuro https://qualla.com/macuro en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Macuro https://qualla.com/macuro Macuro: Introduction https://qualla.com/macuro/ In August 1498, Christopher Columbus sailed into a bay on the southwestern shore of the Paria Peninsula and stepped onto the South American continent for the first and only time in his life. He thought he had found a large island. He named it Tierra de Gracia -- Land of Grace -- and moved on. The place where he landed is Macuro, a fishing village of fewer than 2,400 people that did not get a road connecting it to the rest of Venezuela until the year 2000.

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/9/g/u/macuro-wp/d9gu-macuro-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Macuro: Land of Grace, Land of Forgetting https://qualla.com/macuro/ Columbus's brief visit during his third voyage left Macuro with a historical distinction it has never quite been able to cash in on. A small mission town was formally established here in 1738 under the name San Carlos Barromeo de Macuro, and for a time it thrived -- over a thousa...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/9/g/u/macuro-wp/d9gu-macuro-the-port-that-was-and-wasnt.mp3 0:06 3 full Macuro: Seaplanes, Smugglers, and Sea Turtles https://qualla.com/macuro/ Even after the port closed, Macuro's bay found new purpose. In the early 20th century, when seaplanes were the cutting edge of air travel, Pan Am used Macuro's calm waters as a disembarkation point for passengers headed to Trinidad. The bay's serenity -- the same quality that had...

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