Friday, December 1, 2023

Venezuela To Vote On Invading Its Neighbour Guyana

 

Miami Herald: Should Venezuela invade its oil-rich neighbor? Maduro will put it to a vote Sunday 

Venezuelans going to the polls Sunday will be asked to answer an unusually provocative question: Should their government be given a blank check to invade neighboring Guyana, and wrest away three-quarters of its oil-rich territory? 

The government of Nicolás Maduro is putting the query before voters, part of a century-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that is raising tensions in the region and threatening to escalate into a shooting war. 

The question will be on the ballot in a five-part referendum that, among other things, would grant Maduro special powers to invade Guyana and create a new Venezuelan state encompassing 74% of English-speaking Guyana’s current landmass. 

The new area would be called Guayana Esequiba. Some experts see the whole thing as a political ploy, though many Guyanese see the threat as real and fear, among other things, the loss of their citizenship. 

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Update #1: World Court orders Venezuela to refrain from action in border dispute with Guyana (Reuters) 

Update #2: ‘Despotic’ Maduro accused of risking Venezuela-Guyana conflict over oil-rich region (The Guardian)  

WNU Editor: Brazil is getting involved .... Brazil army 'intensifies' border operations as Venezuela-Guyana territory dispute heats up (France 24).

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Venezuela voting on whether to invade?!?!?

Anonymous said...

Lots of gold in Guyana. I say go for it. To make it legit though Venezuela should make a quick case for “weapons of mass destruction” what could the west say then lol

Anonymous said...

Where is Nicholas Maduro, I am not a nut case, when you need him?

Anonymous said...

Obama, Biden, Blinken

Policy: Ease sanctions on Iran
Result: War

Policy: Ease sanctions on Venezuela
Result: War

the support network for these buffoons?
Vote Blue, no matter who.

Anonymous said...

But why do that skods when all those guys support Ukraine??

You are not clicking on all 8 cylinders here buddy

Ukraine will be defeated