Hybrid State: Organized Armed Groups (OAGs) and the Control of Venezuelan Mining Regions - 2026

An updated assessment (2022-2026) on the expansion of 26 Organized Armed Groups across southern Venezuela, detailing the consolidation of a hybrid criminal governance model driven by illicit mining, institutional corruption, and human rights abuses. [Read the full report here]

An updated assessment (2022-2026) on the expansion of 26 Organized Armed Groups across southern Venezuela, detailing the consolidation of a hybrid criminal governance model driven by illicit mining, institutional corruption, and human rights abuses.

[Read the full report here]

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.