In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region
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- “All of the beaches … are very contaminated, and unfortunately, these beaches are mostly crowded by the poor population,” Molero said.
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It helps to have a twisted sense of humor when you live in a place exploited by oil companies for more than a century and is likely at the center of any effort to rebuild the country’s vast but crumbling oil infrastructure.
“All of the beaches … are very contaminated, and unfortunately, these beaches are mostly crowded by the poor population,” Molero said.