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View of a chimney at an oil refining plant of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, on November 4, 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) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)