A landmark UN report on human rights abuses in Venezuela’s lawless mining arc has found evidence of widespread sex trafficking...
Orinoco Mining Arc
The Mining Arc, located in the south of Venezuela, has become one of the main sources of the country's economy...
Bolívar state is bursting with biodiversity, breathtaking waterfalls, jungles, and tabletop mountains, known as tepuis. But, mining that can clear and...
In Venezuela’s El Callao mining region, countless small, artisanal miners that once sold gold to the government have left the...
Son diferentes los foráneos que se han adueñado de las tierras ancestrales: sindicatos, guerrilleros, garimpeiros, piratas, FARC, ELN y FANB....
The most obvious effect of mining activity in the Amazon rainforest is the degradation of the ecosystem. Poisoning is occurring...
El régimen de Nicolás Maduro ha impulsado de forma inusitada la construcción de nuevas plantas de cianuración en la amazonia venezolana, que...
Gold mining in particular faces increasing international scrutiny. In March 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...
An ecological disaster is threatening parts of the Amazon as the Maduro regime seeks to exploit the country’s natural resources....
Enchanted by tales of El Dorado, the first conquistadors struck out in search of riches down the Orinoco river in...
