Human Trafficking Accompanies Illegal Mining in Venezuela’s Orinoco
insightcrime.org | February 9, 2021
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insightcrime.org | February 9, 2021
Washington Post | February 22, 2021
The political and economic ruin of Venezuela, once one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries, is by now a well-known story. Far less understood are the catastrophic impacts of the crisis on the country’s environment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/22/venezuela-environment-mining-gold-maduro-destruction/
Berlin Kultur | January 11, 2021
neues-deutschland.de | January 13, 2021
journals.plos.org | Jan 25, 2021
Human Rights Watch | November 24, 2020
Financial Times | Nov. 4, 2020
Freedom House | October 1, 2020
Wall Street Journal | September 27, 2020
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.