The people of Venezuela are not hiding. They’re out in the streets. They’re closing ranks, organizing, showing up for each other, and defending their country. Workers, students, neighborhood groups, communal councils, and social movements are mobilizing across the country because they know exactly what’s at stake. This is a people who’ve faced empire before and know what resistance looks like. They understand that sovereignty isn’t handed down from above, it’s defended from below. Once again, th

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Venezuela possesses one of Latin America’s largest gold reserves, largely concentrated within the ancient and mineral-rich Guayana Shield region. • The Guayana Shield is one of the oldest geological formations on Earth. • It spans southeastern Venezuela and parts of Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname. • The region is rich in gold, diamonds, iron ore, and rare minerals. • Venezuela’s gold reserves are among the largest in Latin America. • Gold deposits formed over billions of years through geological p

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