The Scale of Illegal Coltan Trafficking in Colombia and Venezuela
Article by Juan Camilo Jaramillo, InsightCrime | August 18, 2021 (Mentions SOSOrinoco)
Tag: Illegal mining
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Canaima World Heritage Site: Controversy at the 44th Session of the World Heritage Centre (UNESCO) in Fuzhou, China - July 16-30, 2021
Three years after SOSOrinoco started to inform the World Heritage Centre and publishing multiple reports about the critical illegal mining situation, the Maduro Regime finally sent a report on Canaima. The World Heritage Centre emitted a resolution that was approved without discussion or amendments on July 23, 2021
A Vast South American Wilderness Is Under Siege From Illegal Mining
Article by YaleEnvironment360 | August 5, 2021
2021 Report World Heritage Watch - Report on Canaima World Heritage Site
The year 2020 marked the 58th anniversary of the founding of Canaima National Park, a World Heritage Site (CNP-WHS), celebrated while the park lay under siege by the illegal mining operations inside its boundaries as well as in adjacent areas.
Venezuelan People and Forests Suffer as Gold Mining Advances
Article by Sarah Ruiz & Marco Belo, Global Forest Watch | March 25, 2021
Opinion: The world must act to stop Venezuela’s environmental destruction
Article by Francisco Dallmeier & Cristina V. Burelli, Washington Post | February 22, 2021
Human Trafficking Accompanies Illegal Mining in Venezuela’s Orinoco
Article by InsightCrime | February 9, 2021
Arco Minero Ecocide or Suicide?
Documentary by SOSOrinoco I February 1, 2021 (Spanish with English subtitles) I A documentary short and third-place winner of the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest, it contrasts the unique beauty of Venezuelan Amazonia with the human and environmental devastation caused by illegal mining in Southern Venezuela.
Gold, Nickel, Diamanten und jede Menge Gift
Article by Tom Mustroph, Neues Deutschland | January 13, 2021
Venezuelan artists join forces with SOSOrinoco in denouncing and exposing ecocide in Venezuela
“Para reflexionar sobre la destrucción ambiental asociada a la minería, es necesario comprenderla no solo a nivel geográfico, sino también a nivel existencial. En la región amazónica, la destrucción significa más que la contaminación de los ríos, el exterminio de plantas endémicas y el asesinato de animales y pueblos indígenas.» se pregunta Ana Alenso.
Voice of the indigenous peoples living South of the Orinoco River
What exactly happened in Canaima on December 8-9, 2018?
Canaima: A Paradise Poisoned by Gold
Report by Lisseth Boon & Lorena Meléndez G. Alianza Rebelde Investiga | August 2020 (Mentions SOSOrinoco)