# After Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal, residents of polluted lake await change

https://mins.news/en/item/85433

- CBC News, 2026-10-04 05:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lake-maracaibo-venezuela-us-oil-deal-9.7365979?cmp=rss

> The U.S. signed a sweeping oil agreement with Venezuela’s interim authorities in late August to control a share of the country’s oil. Residents in one of its largest oil-producing regions welcome promises to revive the industry but say cleaning up the polluted lake is a more immediate need.

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