Village of 80 people was firebombed from the air, say activists, by illegal gold miners based in neighbouring Brazil Virginia Lopez in Caracas and agencie guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 August 2012 21.13 EDT A massacre has taken place of Yanomami people on the Venezuelan border, according to indigenous rights groups. Photograph: Russell Mittermeier/Alamy A massacre…
Struggling after the collapse of Venezuela’s oil industry and under the weight of U.S. sanctions, the Maduro regime has become increasingly dependent on the drug trade.