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Tag: Orinoco Mining Arc
Joint Statement on OFAC GL 51A, 54, 55 Venezuelan Minerals
The undersigned Venezuelan and international civil society organizations, led by SOSOrinoco, take note of the decision by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to issue General Licenses 51A, 54, and 55, authorizing expanded activities involving Venezuelan-origin minerals, including gold, as well as services and prospective investments in Venezuela’s mining sector.
Statement by SOSOrinoco on the United States’ decision to grant a 6-month OFAC license to Minerven CA
By lifting the sanction on Venezuelan gold, the United States becomes a co-participant in the looting of the Venezuelan Amazon and chooses to ignore an ecocide that now becomes unstoppable, will be exploited by all transnational criminal groups in the region and will be impossible to hide.
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Report by the Human Rights Council, UN I September 20, 2022
The Myth of Responsible Mining Debunked: Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I July 22, 2022
Garimpeiros ilegais do Brasil invadem área ianomâmi na Amazônia venezuelana
Article by Eduardo Militão, UOL I June 19, 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 […]
Criminal Gangs and Guerrillas Take Part in the Mining Arc Mayhem
Article by Díalogo Americas I March 1, 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
Deforestation & Changes in Vegetation & Land Use Cover within the so-called Orinoco Mining Arc between 2000-2020
In this report we present the first systematic study on changes in vegetation and land use cover within the so-called Orinoco Mining Arc (MA), and our comments on the findings.
Human Trafficking Accompanies Illegal Mining in Venezuela’s Orinoco
Article by InsightCrime | February 9, 2021