CARACAS, Venezuela — An oil spill has contaminated more than 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) of shoreline at the city of Lechería, one of Venezuela’s top traveler locations, the city’s mayor stated Tuesday.
Mayor Manuel Ferreira called it a “catastrophic scene.”
“The authorities in the location of oil production have not provided us details, however the truth speaks for itself,” Ferreira regreted in a Twitter post. He bought the beaches closed for at least 72 hours in the resorts of Los Canales, Lido and Cangrejo.
The federalgovernment of President Nicolá