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

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By By Avril SilvaMay 27, 2026, 5:00 am184 ptsTrendingTop
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 There is a joke Mónica Godoy Molero likes to make with her family: if you swim in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo after an oil spill, you’ll sprout a third eye.

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