The Atlantic Council | August 2020

This report by ControlCiudadano.org documents the chain of command in the gold mines of Venezuela, involving the armed forces and mafias.

Read the report on the resurgence of malaria and the report on the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Venezuela (measles and diphtheria), affecting the indigenous people in a disproportionate way.

http://revistasic.gumilla.org/2018/comunicado-del-pueblo-pemon-no-a-las-bandas-armadas/ Masacre, desplazamiento y malaria: Pemones de San Luis de Morichal claman por atención de las autoridades https://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n326277.html https://dolartoday.com/en-pie-de-lucha-con-arcos-y-flechas-pemones-tomaron-casa-presidencial-en-santa-elena-en-defensa-de-minas/ Guerra entre mafias y guerrillas para controlar el Arco Minero Las FARC y el ELN, desplazados por el Plan Colombia, el Plan Patriota y luego ayudados por el Proceso de Pacificación, por el Presidente de Colombia […]

Two thousand hectares of Yapacana National Park’s surface is being subjected to gold mining activity, a case of extreme ecocide. The impact on its ecosystems manifests itself not only on the surface area that has been directly destroyed but also as the radial and expansive effects caused by the more than 2,000 miners currently occupying the national park. This makes Yapacana the national park that, without a doubt, has suffered the highest level of destruction.