About a quarter of the residents of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city, have moved away — and more are expected to soon follow. Maracaibo dispatch About a quarter of the residents of ...

Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela’s once-booming oil industry ... their vibrations causing the walls of rickety houses to crack. Many residents complain of having respiratory ...

Leaving Venezuela Bastidas ... Back home Abandoned storefronts and homes are everywhere in Maracaibo, which once was a magnet for immigrants looking for good-paying jobs in and around nearby ...

Jhoan Bastidas gives an interview at his father's house in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, after being deported from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. (AP Photo/Juan Arraez) ...