NGOs want Venezuela to halt mining concessions, claim violations of Indigenous rights

Three NGOs, the Venezuelan Program for Education and Action in Human Rights-Provea, the Peace Lab, and the Working Group on Indigenous Issues at the Andes University, issued a statement blasting Nicolás Maduro’s government’s push to exploit mineral resources on ancestral lands in the Bolívar, Amazonas, and Delta Amacuro states. They are joining their voices to those of other organizations, such as the Central University of Venezuela, who are asking for a total halt of extractive activities in the área More…