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Maduro recalls ambassador in Guyana: “Venezuela in under new forms of assault and aggression”
President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday that he was recalling Venezuela's ambassador in neighboring Guyana for consultation amid mounting tensions over their disputed border. During an address to parliament, Maduro said that he also is initiating a comprehensive review of relations with much smaller Guyana and reducing the size of Venezuela's embassy there. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“Help, Guyana is hitting us on the boot with its scrotum! Bring me the oldest trick in the book!”
Jul 07th, 2015 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0More paranoia and populist rantings from Maduro.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 09:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Chavez never cared about the region.
@2. Have to agree with that. There's also greed. Maduro apparently wants someone to agree that half of Guyana belongs to Venezuela. It is notable that, when spain made an official claim in 1788, it disregarded 20 leagues (52 miles) on the basis that the land was low-lying and swampy. In other words, “We'll have that bit over there because this bit is worthless”. I don't think so. Even when the territory became British Guiana and Venezuela protested in 1824, it was just ignored. A pattern appears. British settlers found gold. Venezuela claimed the land. There was an arbitration in 1899 in which Britain was mostly successful. Venezuela didn't get anywhere for 67 years. Now Venezuela sniffs oil. Venezuela already has four times as much land as Guyana. It also appears to have more than 87 times Guyana's GDP. Whose fault is it the Maduro can't run a country without thieving?
Jul 07th, 2015 - 11:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Maduro's popularity has dropped down so far and they need something to focus the attention away from the economic problems, so why not follow argentina's example...
Jul 07th, 2015 - 11:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, Maduro has got more chance of getting somewhere starting on little Guyana, than he ever did with the US.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 02:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Having said that, that is not saying very much.
That said, we shall see if he now takes it to the next level and there are “incidents” at sea in the now disputed area.
For my money, he will, after all Argentina has already written the script.
Last time Chavez tried to move tanks to the border with Colombia they figured out they didn't work well in the jungle.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ooops
This time they get to try them out in Swamps.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That should be fun.
To watch.
Maduro recalls ambassador ,
Jul 07th, 2015 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0soon no doubt countries will be asked to pick sides, ad kick off will commence...lol
And what did the “ little bird say?” A tweet to woo.
Jul 08th, 2015 - 04:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0At least Chavez was was a 'bigger picture' guy who envisioned a future Gran Colombia encompassing Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and beyond.
Jul 08th, 2015 - 10:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0That's why he didn't start this kind of internecine conflict.
Tiny mind Maduro jumps at his own shadow and is scared of his own people.
Especially those closest to him.
That's why he does.
If Britain built its new space centre and rocket launcher from Guyana,
Jul 08th, 2015 - 07:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0re-claiming a bit of territory under British rule forever,
would this have any effects on Venezuelas claim.
just a silly idea...oops.
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