Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Venezuela’s coastal villages, fisherman suffer as oil spills rise

PUNTA CARDON, Venezuela, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Rebeca Reyes furiously scrubbed black tar from her kids' arms after they swam in waters tainted by crude oil during a recent outing to Venezuela's Punta Cardon beach.

A breach in an undersea pipeline owned by state-run oil company PDVSA that had gushed for at least 10 days before being sealed was the cause, leaving an oil slick that floated over fishing grounds, coating nets and fouling boat engines before washing onto the shores of western Venezuela's Falcon state.

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