Fearing the possibility that an upcoming World Court ruling in Guyana’s favor could put a once and for all end to Venezuela’s decades-old territorial claim to Guyana, the oil and gas-rich South American nation has in recent weeks significantly increased its saber-rattling with Guyana with threats to annex the entire Essequibo County in a referendum in early December.
One of the questions being asked of Venezuelans in the vote is whether they oppose the planned creation of a state in Venezuela referred to as “Guyana Essequibo,” the award of Venezuelan citizenship to Guyanese living in Essequibo and also the distribution of Venezuelan national identification cards to Guyanese citizens. Voting in the referendum is scheduled for Dec 3rd. Read More
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