On October 28, Venezuela will distribute 28 different indigenous language textbooks to indigenous schools throughout the country. According to Prensa Latina, the coordinator of the Ministry of Indigenous Education, Jorge Pocaterra, said the books will be published in Currico, Guarikena, Yekuana, Piaroa, Vare, Pari, Yupka, Wayuú, Guarao and Kariña languages. There are approximately 540,000 indigenous people living in Venezuela who speak 34 languages.

On April 5, more than 600 members of the Bari, Yukpa, and Wayu indigenous peoples from the westernmost region of Venezuela gathered in the capital of Caracas to protest coal mining in the Sierra de Perij mountain range and the Guajira peninsula. The indigenous protesters were joined by environmentalists, civil society groups, political organizations, and non-governmental organizations who said the mines are negatively impacting the land and its inhabitants.