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Friday, January 10, 2020

Are some Venezuelan miners dealing in 'blood gold'?

The initiative has been criticised by environmental activists and rights groups for contaminating watersheds with mercury and fuelling massacres as gangs battle for territory.
In an interview with Reuters, Guaido said the EU should use a label to limit the trade of Venezuelan gold, the way the "blood diamond" campaign of the 1990s targeted diamond sales that financed armed conflict in Africa.

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