HRW: Maduro Welcomes Illegal Gold Exploitation & Horrific Abuses
HRW has just expressed its concern about “amputations and other horrific abuses” by local armed groups and Colombian guerrillas in the Orinoco Mining Arc.
Tag: Blood Gold
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