Maduro has pulled The Saddam Gambit. Where's April Glaspie? UTSAV šŗšøš @UtsavSanduja This is war. What is #Guyana saying about this? Quote OSINTdefender @sentdefender The President of Venezuela, NicolĆ”s Maduro has announce tonight that the Esequiba Region of Western Guyana is now āOfficialā a Territory of Venezuela, with a State Map being Released and Oil Expeditions said to be in the Planning Stages. https://twitter.com/UtsavSanduja/status/1732237618786500800
The President of Venezuela, NicolĆ”s Maduro has announce tonight that the Esequiba Region of Western Guyana is now āOfficialā a Territory of Venezuela, with a State Map being Released and Oil Expeditions said to be in the Planning Stages.
Venezuelans voted in favor of claiming sovereignty over a vast swathe of neighboring country Guyana on Sunday, according to the nation's election officials, raising fresh fears that President NicolƔs Maduro could seek to annex the territory by force.
The National Election Council claimed to have counted more than 10.5 million votes in a referendum, the Associated Press reported. The council, however, did not explain whether the number of votes was equivalent to each voter or if it was the sum of each individual answer in the five-question referendum.
Venezuela argues that Guyana's Essequibo region, also known as Guayana Esequiba, was stolen from it when the border was drawn over a century ago.
The region---which accounts for two thirds of the area of Guyanaāis rich in both oil and minerals, and would in theory give Venezuela access to the Stabroek Block, an oil field that it is estimated contains more than eight billion barrels, discovered by ExxonMobil in 2015, which sits almost entirely in Guyana's territorial waters.
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