An NGO based in the southern Bolívar state is calling the
Venezuelan government to kill the 2016 decree that creates the Mining Arch of
the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone. This is a 111,843 Sq.Km
concession area for mining gold, diamond, iron, copper, bauxite, coltan, among
other resources, that has caught the attention of some 150 companies from 35
countries. According to the Observatorio Guayana Sustentable, the decree
contravenes at least four international treaties, including the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and violates nine national
laws and bylaws, as well as four articles of the Bolivarian Constitution. More…
Friday, May 19, 2017
Venezuelan NGO asks government to kill Mining Arch decree
An NGO based in the southern Bolívar state is calling the
Venezuelan government to kill the 2016 decree that creates the Mining Arch of
the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone. This is a 111,843 Sq.Km
concession area for mining gold, diamond, iron, copper, bauxite, coltan, among
other resources, that has caught the attention of some 150 companies from 35
countries. According to the Observatorio Guayana Sustentable, the decree
contravenes at least four international treaties, including the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and violates nine national
laws and bylaws, as well as four articles of the Bolivarian Constitution. More…
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