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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.
The most numerous indigenous people, at about 200,000, is the Venezuelan part of the Wayuu (or Guajiro) people who primarily live in Zulia between Lake Maracaibo and the Colombian border. [2] Another 100,000 or so indigenous people live in the sparsely populated southeastern states of Amazonas, Bolívar and Delta Amacuro. [2]
During the 20th century, "Venezuela was a haven for immigrants fleeing Old World repression and intolerance" according to Newsweek. [2] Emigration began at low rates in 1983 after oil prices collapsed, though the increased rates of emigration, especially the flight of professionals, grew largely following the Bolivarian Revolution which was led by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. [33]
Angulo said leaving Venezuela at first sank her into depression. She and a friend left for Colombia, where she spent six months selling coffee and arepas before moving to Chile, where she settled ...
Michel, a Venezuelan migrant, says leaving Venezuela with his wife and five children was not an easy decision. Francelys Guedez says she didn't want to see her 12 year-old son continue living ...
Advocacy group: Grupo de Estudo e Avaliação de Pernambuco Independente [12] [13] São Paulo. Proposed state: Republic of São Paulo Advocacy groups: Movimento São Paulo Independente, [14] [15] Movimento República de São Paulo [16] South Region. Proposed: Independence for the South Region of Brazil Advocacy group: O Sul É o Meu País ...
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The following is a list of indigenous peoples of South America. These include the peoples living in South America in the pre-Columbian era and the historical and contemporary descendants of those peoples.