Welch Statement on the Plight of the Yanomami of Venezuela
Document from Senator Peter Welch | March 11, 2024
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Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving CVG Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA
Document by U.S. Department of the Treasury & OFAC | January 29, 2024
Illegal gold is booming in South America
Article by The Economist I November 9, 2023 (Link to Original Article: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/11/09/illegal-gold-is-booming-in-south-america)
Lifted sanctions on gold, oil could slow conservation efforts in Venezuela
Article by Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay I November 8, 2023
Why is Maduro Cracking Down on Amazonian Miners?
Article by Tony Frangie Mawad and Luis González Morales, Caracas Chronicles I November 7, 2023
Joe Biden’s big Venezuela bet is already in trouble
Article by Michael Stott, Financial Times I October 27, 2023 (Link to Original Article: https://www.ft.com/content/5095cc57-de30-44cc-b32e-e48876c0794b)
Statement by SOSOrinoco on the United States’ decision to grant a 6-month OFAC license to Minerven CA
By lifting the sanction on Venezuelan gold, the United States becomes a co-participant in the looting of the Venezuelan Amazon and chooses to ignore an ecocide that now becomes unstoppable, will be exploited by all transnational criminal groups in the region and will be impossible to hide.
SOSOrinoco: the advantage of diaspora activism in Venezuela
Article by Ángeles Zúñiga and Abigail Edwards, Routed I July 15, 2023
Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over
Article by Tom Phillips, The Guardian I July 10, 2023
Venezuela’s hidden runways bring both life and destruction to Indigenous lands
Article by Mie Hoejris Dahl, Mongabay I May 24, 2023
Venezuela’s harmful mining activities grow
Article by Stachowicz et al, Science I May 19, 2023
On the border of Colombia and Venezuela, illegal gold mining unites armed forces
Article by Jose Guarnizo, Mongabay I May 12, 2023