Venezuelan People and Forests Suffer as Gold Mining Advances
Global Forest Watch | March 25, 2021
Tag: Illegal mining
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Human Trafficking Accompanies Illegal Mining in Venezuela’s Orinoco
insightcrime.org | February 9, 2021
Opinion: The world must act to stop Venezuela’s environmental destruction
Washington Post | February 22, 2021
Opinion: The world must act to stop Venezuela’s environmental destruction
The political and economic ruin of Venezuela, once one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries, is by now a well-known story. Far less understood are the catastrophic impacts of the crisis on the country’s environment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/22/venezuela-environment-mining-gold-maduro-destruction/
Gold, Nickel, Diamanten und jede Menge Gift
neues-deutschland.de | January 13, 2021
Voice of the indigenous peoples living South of the Orinoco River
What exactly happened in Canaima on December 8-9, 2018?
Orinoco Mining Arc, Environmental Disaster
Miguel Yabrudes Documentary (2018)
THE MADURO REGIME’S ILLICIT ACTIVITIES: A Threat to Democracy in Venezuela and Security in Latin America By Douglas Farah
The Atlantic Council | August 2020
Canaima: A Paradise Poisoned by Gold
Runrun.es | August 2020 | SOSOrinoco was interviewed for this article
Venezuela’s Ecocide Needs International Attention
CSIS | July 30, 2020
2020 Report World Heritage Watch - Report on Canaima World Heritage Site
World Heritage Watch – page 69: Report on Canaima World Heritage Site by SOSOrinoco A gold rush is having a negative impact on Canaima National Park (CNP), a World Heritage Site. Various studies have demonstrated the destruction of at least 521 hectares of its ecosystems It becomes necessary for UNESCO to include CNP on the […]
Bram Ebus “Venezuela, The Smugglers’ Paradi$e”
A trail stained by violence and corruption connects Venezuelan gold with the world