🚨 Illegal gold miners attacked Indigenous Ye’kwana communities in Venezuela. It was brutal, in violent retaliation against Indigenous people who tried to eject them from their territory. On January 20 and 21, around 90 Indigenous people in the Venezuelan Amazon forced out illegal miners from the upper Paru River. They’d coordinated with Indigenous organizations, such as Kuyunu, UMAV and the Ye’kwana Territorial Guardians. They also destroyed the miners’ machines to defend their lives and rainfo

The Warao people are Venezuela's second-largest indigenous group and live in the Orinoco Delta, in the east of the country. They have been hit particularly hard by an outbreak of HIV/AIDS. The severity of the situation came to light 15 years ago | FRANCE 24 English