The third-place winner of the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest | “Arco Minero Ecocide or Suicide?” is a short documentary (Spanish with English subtitles) contrasting the unique beauty of Venezuelan Amazonia with the human and environmental devastation caused by illegal mining in Southern Venezuela, produced by committed Venezuelans to this cause.
Documentary about the route, its touristic importance and its ecological impact.
Miguel Yabrudes Documentary (2018)
BBC ALBA | Sep 1, 2020
(2019) Documental de La Plataforma contra el Arco Minero del Orinoco y el Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Latinoamericana
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.