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Venezuela already has a thriving illegal gold industry that devastates waterways, forests and indigenous communities and funds violent armed groups. Now authorities are helping supply equipment to set up more formal operations that process gold via a new state facility and sell the metal to the government, said people with knowledge of the matter. Work continues even amid strict lockdowns and fuel shortages in the rest of the country. By Fabiola Zerpa. Full Text-> Bloomberg
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