A Massacre or Misinformation? Illegal Gold Miners Allegedly Murder Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela; Government Denies Attacks


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

September 14, 2012

Venezuelan officials have denied initial reports of a massacre of Yanomami people by illegal gold miners that allegedly occurred in early July and which, because of the remoteness of the area along the Venezuela-Brazil border, ostensibly remained unknown to officials...read more

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

(Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

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