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A UN report concludes that the Venezuelan intelligence agency abuses and torments detainees, including human rights defenders, miners, women, children, and Indigenous people.

The Mining Arc, located in the south of Venezuela, has become one of the main sources of the country's economy after

The growing sexual exploitation of Venezuelan women has grown unchecked globally under Bolivarian Socialism.

Venezuela is preparing to replicate the experience of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a mechanism with which more than 60 countries have tried to draw investment and accelerate economic growth, while u

A local NGO says that the destruction of Venezuela’s tropical rainforest by illegal miners and armed groups is done with authorities’ consent.

Virgilio Trujillo Arana, a 38-year-old indigenous Uwottuja man, was shot in the head three times in the city of Puerto Ayacucho

Above. >> reporter: this mine has been so productive for them because they have got 250 kilos of gold out of this mine, just to give you a sense, really on why its called the millionaire mine. if 250 kilos or just over 550 pounds is accurate, thats well over $10 million at global market prices all from one single dug hole. there are dozens around us, thousands within venezuelas mining arc, but not all that shimmers is gold and these miners know it. these rocks need to be crushed, processed, scra...

To allegedly buy the militarys loyalty to his government, cnn international correspondentisa so ar soares is tracking the gold all of the way to venezuelas government in caracas and a warning to some of the viewers, some of the images you see are graphic. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on the fringes of the amazon rain forest, a state-sponsored network of violent gangs and corrupt venezuelan military hide amongst a vast land rich in minerals and seeping gold. all this has made this area maduros el dorado ...

Humidity. everywhere you look, speckles shimmer from above. this mine has been so productive for them because they have got 250 kilos of gold out of this mine just to give you a sense, really, on why its called the millionaire mine. if 250 kilos or just over 550 pounds is accurate, thats $10 million at global market. prices all from one hole. there are thousands within venezue venezuelas mining arc. but not all that shimmers is gold and these miners know it. these rocks need to be crushed, proce...

Accurate, that is well over $10 million at global market prices. all from one single dug hole. there are dozens around us. thousands within venezuelas mining arc. but not all that shimmers is gold and these miners know it. these rocks need to be crushed, processed, scraped, and melted. before you actually see the gold. this nugget here, $315. but it comes at a cost to the health of the miners as well as the environment. with mercury and other chemicals used to separate gold from grit, poisoning ...