
Venezuela’s Yanomami Indians urge action to tackle illegal goldminers
The call follows denials by Venezuelan authorities that goldminers are in the area
The call follows denials by Venezuelan authorities that goldminers are in the area
Survival International's Director addresses accusations of a 'climbdown'
Having received its own testimony from confidential sources, Survival now believes there was no attack by miners on Irotatheri settlement.
President Chávez is the latest to insist there is no evidence of an attack
Witnesses described finding 'burnt bodies and bones' when they visited they community.
26 goldminers arrested after year long investigation
This Yanomami area straddling the Brazil-Venezuela border is the largest forested Indigenous territory in the world
The Yanomami have warned that thousands of illegal miners are currently working in their territory.