Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Maracaibo, a large lake in Venezuela located 372 miles west of the capital of Caracas, has been described by ...

Lake Maracaibo, known as the lightning capital of the world, is located in northwestern Venezuela. The lake has the Guinness World Record as the place with the highest concentration of lightning. It ...

Broken pumps, rusted pipes, ghost towns mark Venezuela's once vibrant oil hub. It will cost billions to restore the industry.

LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to everything — fishing nets ...

* Fishermen, environment affected by leaks * Hundreds involved in clean-up operations * Chavez government downplays size of spills By Marianna Parraga LAGUNILLAS, Venezuela, July 12 (Reuters) - ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. For as long as people have traveled through Lake Maracaibo ...

A work brigade sponsored by Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA, which critics blame for the oil spills, use shovels and rakes to remove congealed petroleum from a Lake Maracaibo beach. (John Otis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An abandoned and inoperative oil pumpjack stands in the oil-rich Maracaibo region of western Venezuela. The pumps that brought ...