Mystery of hit on Tren de Aragua leader: is it linked to US mining plans in Venezuela?
June 23, 2026 | The Guardian
Trump boasted of assassinating Héctor Guerrero Flores but details are scarce and experts doubt it will harm drug trade.
Tag: Amazon
Venezuela’s new mining law could spell disaster for the Amazon, critics warn
April 10, 2026 | Mongabay
Venezuela has passed a new mining law aimed at attracting foreign investment and formalizing the extraction of gold, silver, coltan and other minerals, while promoting “ecological mining development” and including some environmental protections; however, critics argue these safeguards are too weak to address the entrenched realities of illegal mining in the Amazon, where armed groups and criminal networks drive deforestation and human rights abuses, making the law appear more like greenwashing that could legitimize and expand existing harm rather than resolve it.
Climate Change, Illegal Mining, and Human Rights in the Amazon: Reflections from a Coalition of Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples
This report, prepared by the Coalition against Illegal Mining in the Amazon (CMIA)—an alliance of organizations from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela—examines how illegal gold mining is accelerating the climate crisis, destroying ecosystems, and violating human rights across the Amazon Basin. Through satellite data, field research, and testimonies from Indigenous and local communities, the […]
Illegal Mining is taking in the Amazon basin
September 2025 | Eco Américas
The Venezuelan Amazon, the biodiversity-rich rainforest ecosystem that spans half of this South American country, has come under immense pressure from criminal groups that, in league with Venezuelan government forces, are trans- forming the delicate biome into lucrative mining sites.
Illegal Gold Mining: Impacts on Human Rights and Biodiversity in the Amazon - Six Countries Report
This report, prepared by several organizations from six Amazonian countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela), addresses the impacts of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, focusing on its devastating effects on human rights and biodiversity. Illegal mining in the Amazon is controlled in many cases by criminal networks facilitated by corruption and lack […]
The pink river dolphins of the Amazon have a warning for humans
Article by Diana Durán, The Washington Post I May 9, 2023
CGTN America on Twitter: "See how illegal mining is affecting the Amazon rainforest in Venezuela."
Via @cgtnamerica
How ‘blood gold’ damages the Amazon rainforest in Venezuela
Article by Noelani Kirschner, ShareAmerica I January 5, 2023
Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon
Article by Luke Taylor, NewScientist I December 9, 2022
The Destruction of Venezuela’s Amazon Is Going Virtually Unnoticed
Article by Cristina Vollmer Burelli, Americas Quarterly I October 18, 2022
Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’
Article by Gideon Long, Financial Times I January 16, 2022
Venezuela’s Ecocide Needs International Attention
Article by Cristina V. Burelli, CSIS | July 30, 2020