Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 3:37:36 GMT -6
StrongNicols Maduro plays war with Guyana looking at the presidential electionsstrongp Several analysts of the Venezuelan opposition insist that the official overaction in the claim for the Essequibo territory is a purely political matter that is a desperate action by the government of Nicols Maduro to ignite nationalist enthusiasm in its bases and facilitate mass disqualification. of opposition candidates in next years elections. government seeks to recreate a lowintensity war conflict or even simulate a kind of Malvinas War to suspend the presidential elections and give free rein to a State that with the excuse of war can deploy an unusual repressive potential.
For their part government spokespersons insist on Loan Phone Number List legitimacy of the territorial claim and that Guyana has failed to comply with the Geneva Agreement that prohibits while the border dispute is being resolved extractive activity in the entire area under claim. The oil company Exxon is promoting huge investment projects in Essequibo and Miraflores has threatened the American firm and issued an ultimatum demanding its withdrawal. But the China National Offshore Oil Corporation also operates in Guyana.
In this framework the Maduro government has organized a controversial referendum to consult the population about territorial claims with which it sought to mobilize its political bases apparently with little success. In the consultation the possibility of recovering the territory by all possible means is enabled. Brazil and the Caribbean Community Caricom have reacted by promoting a meeting to relax the relationship between the neighboring countries. Thus we propose to elucidate in a very synthetic way some aspects of this confrontation and think about its various aspects in the midst of a preelectoral context. Guyana Esequiba oil fresh water and many opportunities The territory being claimed has an area of km it is three times larger than Costa Rica and almost half of Italy.