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Arco Minero Ecocide or Suicide?
Documentary by SOSOrinoco I February 1, 2021 (Spanish with English subtitles) I A documentary short and third-place winner of the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest, it contrasts the unique beauty of Venezuelan Amazonia with the human and environmental devastation caused by illegal mining in Southern Venezuela.
BBC ALBA: Illegal Mining Threatens Venezuelan World Heritage Site and Indigenous Pemon People
Video Report by Andreas Wolff, BBC ALBA | Sep 1, 2020 (Scottish-Gaelic)
Ascent to the Roraima tepuy
Documentary by Alex Jesús Cabello Leiva I September 1, 2020 (Spanish) I A documentary short about the Roraima Tepuy Natural Monument, a mountain located in the Canaima National Park in Venezuela, famous for being one of the oldest rock formations on the planet.
Mining in the Amazon
Documentary by SOSOrinoco I March 12, 2020 (Spanish) I A documentary short about the story of illegal mining in Venezuela, and the resulting human exploitation and ecological destruction that resulted.
Orinoco Mining Arc, Environmental Disaster
Documentary by Miguel Yabrudes I October 28, 2018 (Spanish) I A documentary series about the Arco Minero del Orinoco, a major mining project and source of massive environmental devastation in Venezuela, which was approved by the Maduro government in 2016 in search of funds to stay in power.
Clandestine Amazon – The Gold Mafia
Documentary by David Beriain, T13 I February 8, 2017 (Spanish) I A documentary short about how armed gangs in Venezuela are running illegal mines through violence and exploitation.