ARTE ReportageVenezuela: A Dying Lake

27/01/2023

Since 2002, with the nationalisation of the oil industry by the Chavez government – a figureheadof Latin American socialism - Venezuela has experienced an unprecedented economic downturn, aggravated in 2006 by US sanctions. The crisis has forced people like Anibal to turn to other activities to survive, in his case fishing on the heavily polluted Lake Maracaibo.

Director

Frédéric Elhorga

Image

Frédéric Elhorga

Editing

Sébastien Eppinger

Author

Frédéric Elhorga

Translation

Jorge Benezra

Country

France

Year

2023

Duration

25 min

Available

From 21/02/2023 to 08/01/2026

Genre

Documentaries and Reportage

27/01/2023

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