![]() ![]() "It’s an apocalyptic hellhole frankly, it’s a total disaster zone," says Simon Reeve. Not only does he visit a remote Wild West-style mining town in Guyana where everything is paid for in pieces of gold, but he also joins a rebel fighter-turned-politician at his gold mining concession deep in the jungle of Suriname. But he’s left shocked by the scale of the devastation the mining has had on the once lush forest. Simon starts in the Guiana Shield, an area of pristine rainforest that spreads through much of southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, which is being ravaged by the illegal gold mining trade. Here's our episode guide for South America With Simon Reeve which we'll be updating on a weekly basis so do check back. Episode guide - what happens in Simon Reeve's South America? ![]()
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