Maracaibo used to be the Dallas of Venezuela, its wealth fueled by oil. But today, residents are fighting for survival and the city is experiencing an exodus. The collapse of Maracaibo is emblematic ...

MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of ...

As word of a possible strike from the United States against military targets inside Venezuela spread Friday, uniformed ...

MARACAIBO, Venezuela – Even the dead aren't safe in Maracaibo, a sweltering, suffering city in Venezuela. Thieves have broken into some of the vaults and coffins in El Cuadrado cemetery since late ...

About a quarter of the residents of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city, have moved away — and more are expected to soon follow. Maracaibo dispatch About a quarter of the residents of Maracaibo ...

Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is the largest lake in Latin America. It is also among the oldest water bodies on the planet. Its proximity to the Andes Mountains and the Caribbean Sea creates a unique ...

For years, Selene Estrach has seen how Venezuela’s crumbling oil industry has taken a toll on Lake Maracaibo, one of the world’s largest and oldest lakes. Once a symbol of the country’s oil wealth, ...

An occasional lightning show is great, but imagine seeing one most nights. Residents who live near Venezuela’s Lago de Maracaibo, or Lake Maracaibo, don’t have to wonder about that scenario—they ...

Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo is a Caribbean estuary that for many years supported a strong commercial fishery. But over the past century the vast briny lake’s underlying oil deposits became a cash cow ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Maracaibo’s rundown shopping district during a power cut in July © AFP On ...

Jonferson Valera Yamarte, a young Venezuelan immigrant who had made his way to the U.S. last year, hid after he witnessed in March how federal agents arrested his brother and three friends in Dallas ...