Maybe we should start educating ourselves about the very beginning of the gold rush in VZ and how many few people are involved in it ; this factor is effecting the priority list of the central government .

Also it explains the disinterest of the authority toward the region because underpopulated therefore almost insignificant on the political scene.

With my previous post ,this should make a clearer vision of the start of this never ending gold saga.

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In the country of Venezuela, gold mining is only possible in the Guyana region, which lies to the south of the Orinoco River. Like the rest of the Amazon river basin, the Guyana area has unique biodiversity characteristics whose preservation is vital and where human intervention must be measured against the highest standards in order not to upset the balance of this the greatest example of natural complexity in the world and which makes Venezuela the fourth country in the world with regard to bio diversity.

Guyana is made up of 44% of Venezuelan territory but with only 5.5% of its population, which is mainly concentrated in a small area near Orinocco. The rest of the Guyana area has remained relatively free from the predatory intervention of the State and capitalism. The mining potential of Guyana (gold, diamonds, bauxite, iron, radioactive materials, titanium etc.) has been known about and exploited for some time but the areas where these activities have taken place, the methods used to pursue them and their impact on the ecosystem has scarcely affected this vast area (although the environmental disasters caused by small mines, state technocrats and landowners has already caused some damage in certain areas).

In Progress (1985 - now) This conflict over mining in lands claimed by native groups has been a continual problem since the conquest by the Spaniards brought gold-seeking men into the forests of the tropics. The problem has become worse since the beginning of the 1980s, when prospecting groups projected that the Guyana area could contain the legendary "El Dorado" mother lode, between 8 and 12 thousand tons of gold.