Jetfan, you just made my day, weekend, and well into next week! Thank you for posting. I loved this part, "The tress that were destroyed in the area have absolutely nothing to with Crystallex, in fact, there are no more trees in the areas where Crystallex will be mining ... and this was due to illegal activities as well."

That photo is very revealing. Is that what a tourist 'trap' looks like!

What the article fails to mention, not that Chavez has any love of money, is that all that mined surface gold was robbed without a cent of taxes paid to any level of government. KRY is required to pay 3% and 3% and income tax.

Anyone know how to send this article directly to Ortega? I'm pretty sure she doens't have a clue what's really been happening.