Venezuela’s environmental crisis is getting worse. Here are seven things to know.

The environmental issues facing Venezuela are serious and wide-ranging: illegal mining in the Amazon, national water shortages, mudslides and flooding exacerbated by climate change, the degradation of protected areas, oil spills and human rights violations against Indigenous communities. The list is long and, for the last decade, has basically gone unchanged. The government institutions designed … Continue reading Venezuela’s environmental crisis is getting worse. Here are seven things to know.