LOS PRINCIPIOS RECTORES, NORMAS Y POLÍTICAS VENEZOLANAS DE PROTECCIÓN DEL AMBIENTE EN CONTRASTE CON EL DECRETO DE CREACIÓN DEL ARCO MINERO DEL ORINOCO

The purpose of this paper is to review, in the first place, the guiding principles, as well as the norms of environmental protection in Venezuela of both constitutional, legal and sub-legal rank and, fundamentally, secondly, to highlight the contrast, as well as the violation of said principles and norms in environmental matter by Decree 2.248 / 2016 issued by the President of the Republic by means of which “The National Strategic Mining Area of the Orinoco Arc (AMO)” is created, affecting a territorial extension of 111,843.70 km2. The research was carried out with the deductive reasoning method and the literature research and scientific articles, as well as the investigation of national legislation.