Gold and Grief in Venezuela's Violent South
Alternate Title
El peso del oro: violencia en el sur de Venezuela
Date of Publication
2019 12:00 AM
Keywords
srhreports, illegalmining, country-venezuela, gold, gold mining, Venezuela, Bolivar, Amazonas, Colombian guerrillas, Orinoco river, ELN, FARC, criminal groups, rare metals
Description
"An ongoing fight for the presidency, appalling economic hardship and the flight of millions of migrants and refugees command most international attention to Venezuela. By contrast, developments in the country’s remote and sparsely populated southern regions, bounded by the Orinoco River, the Brazilian savannah and the jungle border with Guyana, tend to go unnoticed. But criminal violence, state repression, extreme scarcity and contraband smuggling in the southern mining regions pose acute security challenges and a serious threat to regional stability. "
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Gold and Grief in Venezuela's Violent South
"An ongoing fight for the presidency, appalling economic hardship and the flight of millions of migrants and refugees command most international attention to Venezuela. By contrast, developments in the country’s remote and sparsely populated southern regions, bounded by the Orinoco River, the Brazilian savannah and the jungle border with Guyana, tend to go unnoticed. But criminal violence, state repression, extreme scarcity and contraband smuggling in the southern mining regions pose acute security challenges and a serious threat to regional stability. "
