U.S. Moves to Secure Venezuela’s Gold as Influence Deepens After Intervention | OilPrice.com
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The United States is expanding its economic influence in Venezuela by securing access to gold and other resources while raising concerns over legality, environmental damage, and human rights abuses.
  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    • The U.S. has brokered new gold deals with Venezuela as part of a broader push to reshape the country’s resource sector under its influence.

    • Venezuela is opening its oil and mining industries to foreign investment to rebuild output after years of decline.

    • Serious concerns remain over environmental destruction and human rights abuses linked to mining in the Orinoco region.

    In short; oil.