Category - venezuela

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28 Sep 2012

Venezuela’s Yanomami Indians urge action to tackle illegal goldminers

Yanomami Indians have appealed to Venezuela’s government to tackle the "presence and impacts" of illegal goldmining, rather than deny the problem exists.
30 Aug 2012

Yanomami Indians ‘massacred’ by goldminers in Venezuela

Goldminers in Venezuela have carried out a massacre of isolated Yanomami Indians, according to reports received by Survival International.
25 Nov 2010

Britain 'can learn' from Venezuelan Christian activist touring UK

Joel Linares, a grassroots Venezuelan activist inspired by liberation theology will begin a speaking tour of Britain this weekend.
16 Jan 2008

Freeing of Colombian hostages hailed as a sign of hope

The recent freeing of Clara Rojas and Consuelo González in Colombia has been welcomed by a World Council of Churches' spokesperson as a sign of hope that non-violence and justice is still possible in the troubled country.
3 Nov 2007

Venezuelan Catholic bishops attack Chavez on constitution

Roman Catholic bishops have warned that attempts at constitutional reform in Venezuela by President Hugo Chavez restrict the rights of citizens and grant too much power to the State with a "president who is re-elected indefinitely".