An old territorial claim to part of Guyana rich in oil and gold has proved a useful for Hugo Chávez’s successor. But the land grab has sparked outrage among the Guyanese
Thomas Devroy, of Arau village, looks out over the Essequibo region. The two countries' growing dispute over the oil-rich land has raised tensions across Latin America.Thomas Devroy, of Arau village, looks out over the Essequibo region. The two countries' growing dispute over the oil-rich land has raised tensions across Latin America.An old territorial claim to part of Guyana rich in oil and gold has proved a useful for Hugo Chávez’s successor.
On 28 July, Mohabir and his 800,000 fellow Guyanese will be looking across the border as 21 million Venezuelans go to theHis main competitor is Edmundo González Urrutia, a 74-year-old diplomat and leader of the opposition coalition, Plataforma Unitaria , who has led all theYears of political unrest and repression amid a chronic economic crisis exacerbated by international sanctions have driven about 8 million Venezuelans to leave the country in the last 12 years, in the largest exodus the...
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, right, and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, in December.“Maduro does want to get a better position for Venezuela in these negotiations over the Essequibo,” says Ryan Berg, author of the CSIS study. “Even though it’s probably too late to use the issue to postpone the election, he could always use this as a post-election diversion or distraction tactic.
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