EconomyVenezuelan fishermen hope US oil deal will fund pollution cleanup
Venezuela and the United States signed a broad oil agreement in late August aimed at raising production nationwide. Around Lake Maracaibo, however, hundreds of abandoned wells continue leaking crude. Fishermen and residents say the pollution is harming their livelihoods and health, and that cleaning it up should come before expanding output.
Venezuelan fishermen hope US oil deal will fund pollution cleanup
Economy