A huge oil discovery and social media are reviving a centuries-old border dispute.
Meghan Macdonald, a spokeswoman for ExxonMobil, said the corporation is licensed and operates in the region according to national and international laws.Venezuela argued before the International Court of Justice in November that Guyana’s case should be dismissed. A decision is expected this year., which committed the countries “to reach a practical and mutually satisfactory settlement through friendly negotiations.
Persaud, Guyana’s foreign secretary, said that “there is no requirement in the agreement that we have that prohibits Guyana to use the resources over our territory. … Every single country other than Venezuela has recognized that this is the territory of Guyana.”Some warn that scuttling the 1899 settlement would set a destabilizing precedent. “Guys,Francisco Toro wrote in 2015
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