Career
Founding editor of the Maracaibo daily Critica (1965-1968), el "Vespertino de Maracaibo", news magazines "Elite" and "Momento" and lastly "El Mundo" tabloid. He is the author of a number of books, including a biography of Venezuelan dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. He is co-author of the three-volume Diccionario de la corrupción en Venezuela (Dictionary of Corruption in Venezuela).
He protagonized and fomented the defence for free expression, free press and the constitution of the democracy in Venezuela.
He was politically persecuted during the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez, during which he was thrown in jail and afterwards sent into exile. His thirst for adventure was expressed by his arrival to Spain as Ambassador of Venezuela in the early 1970s, by crossing the Atlantic ocean sailing his beloved VITO sailboat.
Carlos Capriles Ayala died on February 10, 2014. He graduated in history from the Central University of Venezuela.
He is the brother of Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala.