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Venezuela Fuels Amazon Gold Rush With Petrodollars Drying Up

  • Mining area has more than tripled since March 2019, NGO says

  • Officials redouble work on mining camps as oil output plummets

U.S. sanctions and a collapsing oil industry are prompting Venezuela to step up its push into gold mining, including in protected areas of the Amazon

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-31/venezuela-fuels-amazonian-gold-rush-with-petrodollars-drying-up

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