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Venezuela says Guarapiche oil spill under control
Venezuela will put 1,500 people to work clearing up an oil spill at a river in the east of the country that has forced the authorities to close a water purification plant, the environment minister said today.
Oil spill fouls river in Venezuela
In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline blackens the Guarapiche River, outskirts of Maturin, eastern Venezuela.
Oil spill fouls river in eastern Venezuela
In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, workers set up barriers to contain the oil spill in the Guarapiche River near Maturin, Venezuela.