Environmental risk posed by Venezuelan oil tanker highlights importance of transparency and public participation

Screenshot of the FSO (Floating Storage and Offloading Unit) Nabarima, the vessel in danger of sinking and creating a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Paria, taken from a video uploaded by Fishermen and Friends of the Sea, the Trinidad and Tobago-based non-governmental organisation that raised the alarm about the situation.This article was originally published on Cari-Bois News. An edited version is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices.The unrelenting public campaign around the troubled FSO Nabarima over the past few months has underlined two critical feature…

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