In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region

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

By Avril Silva
May 27, 2026
In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region
Maryorin Mendez/AFP via Getty Images via Inside Climate News
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