A line of ships wait to load oil at the docks of the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) in Lake Maracaibo, two weeks before the oil multinationals operating in Venezuela cease their operations due to US sanctions. The United States has revoked several transnational oil and gas companies' licenses to operate in Venezuela, which had been granted despite Washington's sanctions against the South American country. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES IMAGES