"All of the beaches … are very contaminated." ...

You are sitting in a small boat in the middle of a quiet lake, fishing line stretched into the water. Everything feels calm.

The day on which residents of Maracaibo destroyed their own city out of sheer desperation began relatively normally, considering the circumstances. It was March 10, 2019, and for the preceding three ...

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 ...

Decades of extensive and largely unregulated oil operations, starting with the Barroso 2 discovery in 1922, have covered Lake Maracaibo with leaking infrastructure, creating a devastating and ...

About a quarter of the residents of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city, have moved away — and more are expected to soon follow. Irma Palmar, 52, cares for her seven grandchildren at her home ...

Experts and local activists, wary of past exploitation, are hoping it will be different this time—but aren’t confident it ...

An occasional lightning show is great, but imagine seeing one most nights. Residents who live near Venezuela’s Lago de Maracaibo, or Lake Maracaibo, don’t have to wonder about that scenario—they ...

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 ...