The Washington Post

A lake is filled with oil. Thousands donated their hair to help soak it up.

For years, Selene Estrach has seen how Venezuela’s crumbling oil industry has taken a toll on Lake Maracaibo, one of the world’s largest and oldest lakes. Once a symbol of the country’s oil wealth, ...
Seattle Times

Pollution in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo threatens life in one of the world’s oldest lakes

MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — 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 ...
NPR

Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions

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 — fishing nets ...
The New York Times

What Happens When Half a Million People Abandon Their City

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 Maracaibo ...