In May 2022, lines to the gas pump ran for miles in Zulia, Venezuela . Pimpineros began taking advantage of the shortages by filling up their tank with subsidized fuel, then reselling it at a ...

The La Cañada municipality registered the highest murder rate in Zulia state in 2023, with 69.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. That is nearly three times Venezuela’s national rate, according to ...

Zulia, a state in northwestern Venezuela, experienced a leading 31 spills, many of them damaging Lake Maracaibo, home to brackish and freshwater ecosystems with high levels of biodiversity.