Following the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. has expressed interest in the country's oil and minerals.

But the current landscape means that a rushed investment could be disastrous for the environment, critics warn.

The country also has massive mineral deposits, many of them in the rainforest and on Indigenous territory.

By Maxwell Radwin

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/how-us-intervention-could-deepen-venezuelas-environmental-crisis/
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