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)
Tag: Illegal mining
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)
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 gold-mining city that is destroying a sacred Venezuelan mountain
Article by Samantha Schmidt, Ana Vanessa Herrero and Janice Kai Chen, Washington Post I December 6, 2022
2022 Report World Heritage Watch - Report on Canaima World Heritage Site
World Heritage Watch 2022 report by SOSOrinoco on Canaima National Park (Page 87) Update on the Situation of Gold Mining in Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Upper Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve: Garimpeiro Invasion from Brazil Intensifies with Support from the Venezuelan Government
In this update of the report published in August 2020, recent data is presented on the human rights situation of the indigenous peoples that inhabit the RBAOC, with emphasis on the health and health care issues, as well as the continued and increasing invasion of illegal miners “garimpeiros” from Brazil. In addition, the recent events […]
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
Brazilian miners ramp up their invasion of Yanomami land in Venezuela
Article by Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay I July 29, 2022