Venezuela: The Yanomami People Vote in Essequibo Referendum

On Sunday, the Yanomami people went out to vote in Parima B, a community located in Alto Orinoco 15 kilometers from the border with Brazil.

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“Today, the Indigenous peoples have come to the homeland's call to defend Guayana Esequiba. They, who are the original settlers of the 'lands of many waters', are the protagonists in this fight. Let's go!, the Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino commented on social networks.

The high levels of participation of the Yanomami Indigenous People did not go unnoticed by other Venezuelan social and institutional actors either.

“From the Alto Orinoco, the true owners of the territory came out to defend their space. Our Yanomami brothers are exercising their right to vote because Essequibo is ours,” the Aragua State’s Health Corporation posted.