LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to everything ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

PDVSA "basically stopped doing any maintenance." Many of the accidents have occurred in or around Lake Maracaibo, which used to be ground zero for Venezuela's oil industry.

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.

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 ...

LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to everything ...

Oil and trash litter the shore of Lake Maracaibo the municipality of San Francisco, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The pollution around the lake, one of Latin America's largest, is the result ...