Venezuelan Amazon deforestation expands due to lawlessness, mining, fires: Reports
Article by Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres, Mongabay I August 31, 2022
Tag: Illegal mining
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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
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
Venezuela: Mining Destroys Lives of Indigenous Communities
Article by Julieta Pelcastre, Diálogo Américas I July 8, 2022
Yanomami Indigenous People at Risk in Venezuela
Article by Martina Rapido Ragozzino, Human Rights Watch I July 1, 2022
Extracting gold and other minerals in Venezuela: The environmental crisis we don’t talk about
Panel by the OECD I May 2, 2022
The Hidden Crisis: Venezuela’s Imminent Ecocide and the Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I April 5, 2022
Presence, Activity and Influence of Organized Armed Groups in Mining Operations South of the Orinoco River
Mining in southern Venezuela, represented in the Orinoco Mining Arc, has become an activity imbued within a large organized criminal network that reaches all levels of political and military power. One of the key irregular actors within this complex plot consists of the Organized Armed Groups (OAGs). This report presents the results of an investigation […]
Four Indigenous people killed in ‘clash’ with Venezuelan military over WiFi
Article by Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post I March 31, 2022
Nicolás Maduro lets miners trash Venezuela’s forests
Article by The Economist I March 5, 2022