The Hidden Crisis: Venezuela’s Imminent Ecocide and the Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I April 5, 2022
Tag: Illegal mining
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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 […]
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