Maduro orders the military to “clean” the entire Venezuelan Amazon from illegal mining

The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroordered this Monday to the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) continue with their “battle” in the south of the country for “clean” of illegal mining the entire region of the amazonwhich borders Brazil and Colombia.

“The order that I have given: it is necessary to clean all the national parks, all the amazon of Venezuelathat the laws that protect ecology, the environment are respected”, said the president during his television program, which he resumed today after 28 days.

LOOK HERE: Venezuela: opposition candidates for president believe that internal primary elections will bring unity

He assured that every night he receives “complete reports with photographs” by the FANB Strategic Operational Command in which they inform you of “all the work of protection, defense and cleaning of the Venezuelan Amazon”.

It is, he explained, “illegal miners” from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and of Asia that “have caused serious destruction to national parks”.

“We are waging a battle for the defense of the deep Amazon, of the Venezuelan jungle, of the Venezuelan rivers, of the parks (…) we are going to guarantee our healthy jungle, an Amazon that goes to reforestation, is the commitment that we have with our people and they are also commitments of an international nature“, held.

MORE INFORMATION: The United States says that it is “not surprised” by the rapprochement of Venezuela and Nicaragua with Iran

In the last two years, the Venezuelan government has intensified the fight against illegal mining in the Amazon states, which has left dozens of detainees and numerous complaints from NGOs about alleged abuses of authority by the military against indigenous communities.

Venezuela has called on Colombia and Brazil to celebrate “soon” a South American summit in defense of the Amazon, an appointment that has not yet materialized and that would include the rest of the countries that make up this region: bolivian, Ecuador, guyana, Peru, Surinam and french guiana.

Source: Elcomercio

jack

I am Jack Morton and I work in 24 News Recorder. I mostly cover world news and I have also authored 24 news recorder. I find this work highly interesting and it allows me to keep up with current events happening around the world.