This new satellite image shows intensive ILLEGAL #BloodGold mining in the Icabarú region in La Gran Sabana (Bolívar, Venezuela) where Nicolas Maduro’s narcostate continues its destructive deforestation, sedimentation of the Caroní River, destruction of Venezuela’s largest hydroelectric system, mercury poisoning of the rivers and abuse of human rights.
Our position on
the Orinoco Mining Arc
The purpose of SOSOrinoco is to shed light on the existing body of work regarding the situation in the Amazonia and Orinoquia regions of Venezuela, to raise awareness of the tragedy that is occurring and to outline some urgent measures that need to be taken in order to halt the unfolding human and environmental disaster.