Manuel rosales , the mayor of maracaibo , venezuela 's second city , went into hiding .

曼纽尔罗萨莱斯，委内瑞拉第二大城市马拉开波市长，日前躲藏起来。

In march plain-clothes police from the national detective corps shot dead the daughter of the chilean honorary consul in maracaibo , venezuela 's second city .

三月国家侦探局的便衣警察枪击了马拉开波（委内瑞拉第二大城市）的智利荣誉领事的女儿。

This is the reason why the storm is also known as the maracaibo beacon as light has been used for navigation by ships for ages .

这也是为什么该风暴被认为是马拉开波灯塔，像灯标一样已经为船只导航很多年了。

Sitting in lawn chairs by a mosquito-ridden ditch near lake maracaibo , where venezuela 's oil industry was born a century ago , a group of laid-off oil rig workers said they 'll vote for the president 's parliamentary candidates , even though they couldn 't immediately name the politicians .

马拉开波湖，一个世纪前委内瑞拉石油工业诞生的地方，一群下岗钻井工人坐在附近一条蚊虫肆虐的湖边排水沟旁的几个户外椅上，他们说会投票支持总统在国会的候选人，尽管他们不能立即得到任命。

Two days earlier , traffic heading into the country 's second city , maracaibo , was held up for hours after a metal joint between two sections of the 9km ( 5-mile ) long bridge over lake maracaibo fell into the waters below .

此前两天，在横跨马拉开波湖的9公里（5英里）大桥上，连接两段桥体的一个金属接头落入桥下的水里，这使通往全国第二大城市马拉开波的交通中断了许多个小时。