A man carries buckets while working to clean up an oil spill near a pipeline of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in Voladero, Monagas state, Venezuela, on November 5, 2021. - Leaks, rusted pipes, pieces of broken equipment scattered about and staircases leading nowhere: Lake Maracaibo's old oilfield is a metaphor for the once-flourishing Venezuelan petroleum industry now on its knees. Zulia State, where the lake is, was the birthplace of Venezuela's oil industry more than a century ago. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)