{"id":81410,"date":"2025-04-01T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/?p=81410"},"modified":"2025-04-01T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:00:37","slug":"despite-sanctions-venezuelas-urban-cable-car-reopens-after-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/si-urban-en\/topics-urban\/cities\/despite-sanctions-venezuelas-urban-cable-car-reopens-after-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite sanctions: Venezuela&#8217;s urban cable car reopens after repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first gradient-column-1\" style=\"width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 20px ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-builder-row .fusion-layout-column.gradient-column-1 .fusion-column-wrapper:before {content: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;z-index:-1;background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(), to())!important;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -moz-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -ms-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -o-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last gradient-column-2\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 20px ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Venezuela&#8217;s President, <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong>, announced the reopening of the Trolcable urban cable car system in M\u00e9rida after its renovation. This was reported by the portal <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimasnoticias.com.ve\/merida\/reactivado-sistema-de-teleferico-urbano-trolcable-de-merida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00daltimas Noticias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We have gathered all the resources, and today I can tell the people of M\u00e9rida that I have fulfilled the promise I made 8 months ago,&#8221; said the President of the country during a television broadcast.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maduro emphasized that despite the sanctions imposed by the United States, the government has been able to ensure the optimization of public services and the implementation of construction projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"213\">The work included the installation of the cable (one kilometer of wire was replaced), the replacement of the cabin straps, the main motor, and the installation of three emergency power systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"376\">Additionally, the design of the green spaces was improved. The system operates with clean energy, promoting a more sustainable quality of life for the residents.<\/p>\n<h3>Travel time: five minutes instead of one hour<\/h3>\n<p>According to the portal <a href=\"https:\/\/360endirecto.com\/reactivado-el-sistema-de-teleferico-urbano-trolcable-de-merida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">360 Degrees<\/a>, this reactivation will reduce the travel time between the center of M\u00e9rida and the Chama Valley from one hour to just five minutes, benefiting more than 18,000 residents.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-builder-row .fusion-layout-column.gradient-column-2 .fusion-column-wrapper:before {content: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;z-index:-1;background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(), to())!important;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -moz-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -ms-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -o-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the city of M\u00e9rida (Venezuela), the urban cable car system is back in operation. It will reduce the travel time for residents from one hour to five minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":603,"featured_media":81411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[187],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/603"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81414,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81410\/revisions\/81414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}