The financial center of the country was the final destination of the gold mined illegally and smuggled out by a criminal organization that has devastated the people of the Yanomami Indigenous Land, in the State of Roraima.
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Interactive map: Know illegal gold routes in South America
Ojo Público and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) toured the main centers of illegal gold production in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador. See the map
Small miners and Canadian mining company dispute Belo Monte gold
The Canadian company Belo Sun, which has no relationship with the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, wants to turn the place in the largest gold exploration project in Brazil.
Carnegie Institute: 250,000 people are exposed to mercury contamination
Not only people are affected, as the flora and fauna are other victims of this metal, mainly in the Amazon
Mercury fish: gold mining puts downstream communities at risk in Peru
Pregnant mothers, children, and even adults could face health problems from gold mining pollution in Amazonian Peru
Gold Rush leaves trail of deforestation in South America
Study shows that rapid rise in international prices encouraged race for metal in the Amazon and led to the destruction of forests.
G1: TV program reveals life of illegal miners in French Guiana
Brazilian cross border for gold. Exploration has already removed nearly $ 400,000 and leaves trace of deforestation and pollution in the Amazon rainforest.
Forbes: Illegal gold mining in Brazil destroying Amazon, indigenous tribes at risk
In a joint statement, members of WWF-Brazil, said the region between the Amapá state in Brazil and French Guiana is one area that is experiencing major problems.
The Washington Post: Peru fights gold fever with fire and military force
As many as 40,000 illegal miners — mostly poor, Quechua-speaking laborers from Peru’s Andean highlands — have invaded some of the most pristine and biologically rich sections of ancient forest in the Amazon basin.
Vice.com: Peru’s New Cocaine: Gold has become America’s most illicit commodity
According to former environmental minister Antonio Brack Egg, gold mining has devastated nearly 370,000 acres of the Peruvian Amazon.