With Venezuela`s once-mighty oil industry in steep decline, one worker laments: `My quality of life ...
(WorldNews Mexico)

Mexico & The Americas World With Venezuela`s once-mighty oil industry in steep decline, one worker laments: `My quality of life can never recover` and Chris Kraul A 2012 explosion at Venezuela`s Amuary oil refinery killed 47 people and wounded 160. The facility, once the crown jewel of the nation`s state-owned oil company, has not been fully rebuilt since. (AFP / Getty Images) There was a time when a job at the Amuay refinery — the crown jewel of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company — was a ticket to the good life. Petroleos de Venezuela, at its height, was the fifth largest oil company in the world. Salaries at the plant were high, benefits generous, and workers basked in...