This past week, when the world celebrated #EarthDay2018, the people who care for the indigenous peoples and environment of Venezuela – one of the top ten most biodiverse countries in the world – have been shocked again by the negligence on behalf of the key organizations that should be sounding the alarm regarding the horrific devastation occurring South of the Orinoco River in the so called “Arco Minero del Orinoco” and in the headwaters of Venezuela’s largest and most important rivers, the Orinoco and Caroní. Here below you will find articles about the negligent attitude and complete lack of urgency by UNDP officials to detain the use of mercury and cyanide in the legal and illegal mines (see videos below), to control the devastation and stop the violence and lawlessness in the states of Bolivar and Amazonas.
23 Abril 2018 – PNUD Venezuela – Retos y oportunidades para el Desarrollo Sostenible en el P. N. Canaima fueron abordados por PPD y PNUD en Venezuela en el Día Internacional de la Madre Tierra 2018 This report of the meeting that took place never mentions the devastation occurring in the Ikabarú River nor the rapid expansion of illegal mining as can be seen below in these satellite images.
Lenni Montiel
This is the Venezuelan who is Regional Director a.i of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (read his bio!) and who we would have thought would be the first to denounce the devastation occurring in his own country!
Comparing & contrasting of satellite images of the Ikabarú River – 2000 Landsat ETM & 2018 Landsat 8
2017 Miranda Satellite images of illegal mining on the Ikabarú River, Bolivar
More videos published by @MaihenH:
Que el mundo vea que las mafias controlan el oro y el Edo. Bolivar. El Narco Estado es muy real. Aquí estos Militantes del PSUV destruyen la naturaleza. #CorrupciónRoja pic.twitter.com/GOsZmXLPe8
— Maihen (@MaihenH) April 21, 2018
Así continúa la devastación minera en el Kilómetro 88 del estado Bolívar. Usan Mercurio y Cianuro para la Búsqueda de Oro y Diamante. Pura destrucción. #CorrupciónRoja pic.twitter.com/h5phGQS5bE
— Maihen (@MaihenH) April 21, 2018
Duele en el alma ver como destruyen el estado Bolívar y lo dejaron sin ecosistema por la búsqueda de oro. Esto es Mina las Clarita Venezuela. #CorrupciónRoja pic.twitter.com/XyseG54S6o
— Maihen (@MaihenH) April 21, 2018
Así se ve desde Google Maps la destrucción que tiene el régimen de @NicolasMaduro en el río Caroní. Todo por la extracción del Oro. La naturaleza no merece esto. pic.twitter.com/OWmA1JZ2EM
— Maihen (@MaihenH) April 21, 2018