Children Getting Lost in the South
Venezuelan NGOs discovered a new migratory phenomenon: unaccompanied minors traveling through the mines in Guayana.
96 Hours in Line for Fuel
The fuel crisis reaches the Venezuelan south, drivers in Bolivar State spend between 24 to 96 hours waiting to fill up their tanks. New social habits and political tricks converge in the new normality of this oil-producing country without fuel.
In Guayana, Hospitals Are Open, But All the Doctors Left
Raw sewage, no supplies, no doctors: in conditions like these, a hospital is just a building. But people have no place else to go.
Canaima’s Pemon People Mourn, and Take Hostages
Under unprecedented onslaught from illegal miners and DGCIM, indigenous people in Venezuela’s South East have had enough.
Orinoco Mining Arc Is Explodin’, Violence Flarin’, Bullets Loadin’
After the Tumeremo massacre, on October 14, we know for a fact that the ELN operates in Venezuelan territory. But the ecocide, human trafficking, slavery and “mysterious” disappearances started in 2016, with the Orinoco Mining Arc's decree.
The Government Says Guayana's Floods Are Over, But the Rains Are Just Starting
The government has started shutting down the shelters set up in Bolívar, after 3,351 people were displaced by out-of-season flooding along the Orinoco. The thing is, people's homes are still under water, and the actual rainy season just started.
The Business that Feeds the Mine
People all over Bolívar State have got gold fever. They travel to the mines and make ends meet by selling everything they can think of to miners. The problem is that, in addition to gold fever, they could get malaria or measles. As profitable as the business might be, is it worth the risk?
Orinoco River Floods Ciudad Bolívar, Victims Have Nowhere to Go
The Orinoco river reached and surpassed the biggest flood level in its history. Meanwhile, the government's negligence has left 11,000 people without a place to stay or food on their tables.
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