British Venezuelan Society | Venezuela's Illegal Mining - Human Suffering and Environmental Disaster

With panelists Cristina Burelli, Founder and Executive Director of @V5 Initiative, a nonprofit that advises and connects civil society organisations in the Americas, and international liaison for SOSOrinoco, and Dr. Federica Paddeu, Derek Bowett Fellow in Law at the University of Cambridge who specialises in law of State responsibility and the law on the use of force.
With an introduction by Dr. Peter West, Economist at EM Funding and Chair of the BVS, and moderation and closing remarks by Dr. Vanessa Neumann, Official Representative of President Juan Guaidó to United Kingdom and Honorary President of the BVS.

Our position on
the Orinoco Mining Arc

Arco Minero del Orinoco

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.