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Amazonas State covers 176,899 km 2 and, in 2007, had a population of 142,200. Its density is 0.8 inhabitants per km 2. Amazonas has Venezuela's highest proportion of indigenous peoples of Venezuela; these make up only around 1.5% of the population nationwide, but the proportion is nearly 50% in Amazonas. [6]: 52
The 2018 Amazonas ambush occurred on 4 November 2018 when three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas state. The Venezuelan government accused the Colombian government of being unable to control its armed groups, while Colombian officials have stated ...
She headed the Legislative council of Amazonas and represented the state in the National Assembly. [16] Liborio's nephew, Eric Guarulla Payua, was the head of the General Archive of Amazonas Governor’s Office. In 2017, he was murdered while in office. [17]
The drought has been particularly severe in the Rio Negro watershed in northern Amazonas, and parts of southern Venezuela and southern Colombia. “Overall, this is a pretty unusual and extreme ...
This is a list of governors of the Venezuelan Amazonas State: Until 1989, they were appointed by the president of Venezuela. Starting from that year they are elected in universal, direct and secret elections.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states (Spanish: estados), a Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Spanish: Dependencias Federales), which consist of many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. [1]
The Pemon conflict is an ongoing conflict which is a part of the wider Crisis in Venezuela.The conflict is centered around mining disputes between the Maduro government, the Pemon nation (indigenous people that live in the Gran Sabana region in southeastern Venezuela) and armed irregular groups.
Dissidents of FARC's 1st Front are located in the eastern plains of Colombia. Jhon 40 and their dissident 43rd Front moved into the Amazonas state of western Venezuela where they can operate with Colombian allies. Venezuela has served as the primary location for many FARC dissidents. [3] Other dissidents hide in the mountains north of Medellín ...