Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon
Article by Luke Taylor, NewScientist I December 9, 2022
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Venezuela Joins the Great Climate Con
Article by Mary Anastasia O’Grady, Wall Street Journal I November 13, 2022
Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in Five Countries
Report by InSight Crime I November 8, 2022
The Destruction of Venezuela’s Amazon Is Going Virtually Unnoticed
Article by Cristina Vollmer Burelli, Americas Quarterly I October 18, 2022
Venezuelan Amazon deforestation expands due to lawlessness, mining, fires: Reports
Article by Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres, Mongabay I August 31, 2022
Der Goldabbau ist lukrativ – für die Mächtigen
Article by Elisa Kautzky, Welt-Sichten I August 26, 2022
Venezuela and Guyana Threaten Biodiversity in the Disputed Essequibo Territory
Article by Cristina V. Burelli, founder of SOSOrinoco and ex-Senior Associate (Non resident) of CSIS published on the CSIS website on August 17, 2022 after internal reviews were completed and taken down later that same day for reasons the author does not understand nor accept. The human and environmental cost of the Nicolas Maduro regime’s […]
The Myth of Responsible Mining Debunked: Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I July 22, 2022
Venezuela: Mining Destroys Lives of Indigenous Communities
Article by Julieta Pelcastre, Diálogo Américas I July 8, 2022
The impact of gold mining in the Essequibo Territory and its relationship with mining in Bolívar state (Venezuela)
This report presents the results of research to determine the extent and location of the footprints resulting from gold mining operations in the Essequibo Territory, an area located within Guyana’s de facto boundaries, but claimed by Venezuela and subject to the Geneva Agreement of 1966, signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and what was still […]
Yanomami Indigenous People at Risk in Venezuela
Article by Martina Rapido Ragozzino, Human Rights Watch I July 1, 2022
The Hidden Crisis: Venezuela’s Imminent Ecocide and the Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I April 5, 2022