Mining is Igniting an Indigenous Conflict in the Venezuelan Amazon
Some of them want to work for the miners, others only want to defend their ancestral land, but violence has already begun and the ELN is behind it all
Tag: Illegal mining
Caura: A Maduro-made Environmental Disaster in the Amazon
Gold mining is bringing mercury pollution, malaria, mass poaching, and ethnocide to one of Venezuela’s natural treasures
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.
Inside Ciudad Guayana’s Illegal Gold Retail
The gold rush in the south-east quarter of the country is helping all kinds of people deal with economic hardship. But gold in grams is replacing the legal currency and the criminal industry has found another realm to control and get profits
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.
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