Venezuela’s hidden runways bring both life and destruction to Indigenous lands
Article by Mie Hoejris Dahl, Mongabay I May 24, 2023
Tag: lawlessness
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On the border of Colombia and Venezuela, illegal gold mining unites armed forces
Article by Jose Guarnizo, Mongabay I May 12, 2023
Melting Point: Tracing the Production of Venezuela’s Illicit Gold
Report by C4ADS
InSight Crime: Doubts Remain Over Venezuela’s Efforts to Stop Illegal Mining
Report by InSight Crime | February 17, 2023
Venezuela’s mining region a hotbed of sex trafficking and violence, UN says
Article by Luke Taylor, The Guardian I September 30, 2022
Venezuelan Amazon deforestation expands due to lawlessness, mining, fires: Reports
Article by Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres, Mongabay I August 31, 2022
Venezuela: Now Is Not the Time to Reduce Global Scrutiny
Article by Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Americas Quarterly I August 25, 2022
The Governors, the Gang and the War for Bolívar's Gold
Investigation by InsightCrime | November 17, 2021
Gold Flows from Venezuela: Supporting due diligence on the production and trade of gold in Venezuela
Report by the OECD I September 8, 2021
Illegal mining creeping toward Canaima National Park (World Heritage Site)
Outdated and destructive mining techniques in Las Claritas Mines and illegal mining is spreading uncontrolled, devastating the environment along the way and increasing malaria to epidemic numbers, toward World Heritage Site Canaima National Park and Imataca National Park
Two new reports by CDC on emerging infectious diseases in Venezuela
Read the report on the resurgence of malaria and the report on the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Venezuela (measles and diphtheria), affecting the indigenous people in a disproportionate way.
Pemon people: victims of the Maduro Regime’s latest power grab
It has become increasingly evident that the struggle between the Pemon people and the Maduro regime during the month of February 2019 in Santa Elena de Uairén and the Venezuelan-Brazilian border was not really about stopping humanitarian aid from entering Venezuela, but rather an excuse for the regime’s (carried out by the US and Canada sanctioned Chavista governor of Bolivar State, Justo Noguera Pietri) latest power grab to control the Pemon ancestral lands, the real objective being the illegal gold mines in that region.