A cat walks over waste lining the shore of Lake Maracaibo in the Santa Rosa de Agua neighborhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The pollution around the lake, one of Latin America ...

Maracaibo, Venezuela Hailand Pernía, a tattoo artist here in one of the biggest cities in western Venezuela, started warning his clients in March to be aware that certain images inked on their ...

Residents of Venezuela's northwestern Zulia state long ago became accustomed to the dark waters of Lake Maracaibo, tinted black by oil pollution. But worsening contamination has changed the lake's ...

After the U.S. lifted its sanctions, Venezuela is trying to revive its beleaguered oil industry. But ramping up production is causing more oil spills.

By 1950, Zulia state – with Maracaibo as it capital – accounted for more than half of Venezuela’s GDP. Fuelled by wealthy donors, its cultural life thrived.

Even the dead aren't safe in Maracaibo, a sweltering, suffering city in Venezuela. Thieves have broken into some of the vaults and coffins in El Cuadrado cemetery since late last year, stealing ...

Human and aquatic life are being threatened by Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, following decades of oil exploitation and a lack of nearby waste treatment plants, according to a professor.

Residents who live near Venezuela’s Lago de Maracaibo, or Lake Maracaibo, don’t have to wonder about that scenario—they experience lightning storms for an average of 260 nights a year.

Latin America Region representative Maracaibo, Venezuela faces Caribbean Region rep Willemstad, Curacao to open the double elimination round at the Little League Baseball World Series.

After the U.S. lifted its sanctions, Venezuela is trying to revive its beleaguered oil industry. But ramping up production is causing more oil spills.

Latin America Region representative Maracaibo, Venezuela faces Panama Region rep Veraguas to open Day 3 of the Little League Baseball World Series.

The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest — and ...