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Caracas Council Implements 2024 Ordinances, Redefines District Boundaries
Current municipal actions follow directly from December 2024 approvals and the redefinition of district boundaries earlier that year.
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The Concejo Municipal de Caracas approved new ordinances in December 2024 covering pedestrian walkways, land tenure regularization in urban and periurban areas, and the transfer of decision-making powers to community organizations of the Poder Popular. These steps form the immediate background to ongoing council work on local projects.
Origins in the 2024 Law of Administration of the Capital
The 2024 Law of Administration of the Capital separated the Libertador municipality as the District Capital from the four Miranda municipalities of Baruta, El Hatillo, Chacao and Sucre. This change removed prior administrative overlap and clarified the scope of local responsibilities. Local authorities retain sole control over land use ordinances, yet central ministries continue to direct major infrastructure investment decisions through funding and direct intervention.
Link to Successive Territorial Action Plan Cycles
The Municipality Bolivariano Libertador is now carrying out the fourth cycle of its Territorial Action Plan. Earlier cycles, including the 2023 round, selected 46 projects through popular consultation that drew more than 18,000 participants and reached over 80,000 families in 11 parishes. The current fourth cycle continues this pattern of project selection from commune proposals.
Budget Ordinances and Participation Numbers
In December 2024 the Municipal Council received the 2025 Participatory Budget ordinance listing 1,196 approved projects across 199 communal circuits in the city’s 22 parishes. More than 92 percent of the 2026 Participatory Budget is directed to social investment for community projects. Councilman Jesús García, president of the Permanent Commission on Infrastructure and Urbanism, has reported that proposals continue to arrive from 60 communes in 20 parishes for review under the Territorial Action Plan.
These elements show how the council reached its present set of activities through the sequence of the 2024 law, the December ordinances, and the established cycle of participatory budgeting and plan implementation. The next steps depend on continued review of the incoming commune proposals within the existing framework.