MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Guyana offshore oil exploration hampered by neighboring Venezuela
Guyana’s offshore exploration for oil in areas being contested by neighboring Venezuela is being faced with setbacks. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud in making the revelation said this is linked to the expulsion and temporary seizure of the Malaysian seismic research vessel, RV Teknik Perdana, by Venezuela’s Navy last year. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWell I never, an anglophone territory facing trouble from a hispanophone neighbour. Almost unheard of, apart from Belize, the Falklands, Gibraltar, the Alamo.
Jul 21st, 2014 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0VZ hampering Guyana, sounds a bit like CFK bitching about the oil exploration in the Falklands...
Jul 21st, 2014 - 04:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But doesn't Guyana support Argentinas claim to Falklands Islands (British Sovereign territory)
Jul 21st, 2014 - 05:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Can't see many Brits losing any sleep over this.
@3 It might be that a Guyanese politician met an Argentine counterpart, in, say, Miami Airport transit and the Argentine declared Guyana's undying support for their position without even discussing it, but given that Guyana is a deeply dingy socialist dump, it isn't impossible that they are quite happy to be 'anti-colonialist' as a knee-jerk hatred of freedom and decency reaction and be victims of Venezuelan expansionism at the same time.
Jul 21st, 2014 - 07:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Seeing as Guyana, is now anti British and anti Falkland's,
Jul 21st, 2014 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0in their right to live in peace and freedom,
then the silly Guyana has no comebacks or complaints if and when
Venezuela decides to either annexes it or take her over,, has she.
This article makes little sense. So there is (was) a problem? Now the Guyanese Minister says there is not?
Jul 21st, 2014 - 09:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sure, ocassionally Venezuela does some silly 'chest-beating' over 'disputed' terrority' .... (sound familiar?) but this really means nothing. This matter was settled in 1966.
Venezuela is not coping at home, incapable of mustering any foreign aggression, so, nothing to see here.
Guyana is a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations and has the distinction of being the only South American nation in which English is the official language.
It is also a founder Member of UNASUR.
Confusing? Not really.
It is so broke that it will appease anyone with a $.
Poor Sods.
For those wishing to learn a little more about the 'disputed areas'...
As part of the original Gran Colombia, part of the Spanish Empire, now, modern Venezuala claims some terrority. hmm...
venezuela didn't really exist back then...(sounding depressingly familiar?), read on...
This goes back a while, back to the almost mythical Gran Colombia, but the borders were finally settled in 1966.
Guyana was originally colonised by the Netherlands. Later, it became a British colony, known as British Guiana, and remained so for over 200 years until it achieved independence on 26 May 1966 from the United Kingdom.
On 23 February 1970, Guyana officially became a republic.
Venenezueala , by Law, and by propoganda, (sounding depressingly familiar?), taught its little children of the 'yet to be reclaimed' area, (still sounding depressingly familiar?), of a neighbouring country.
There are other opinions...
Here is one;
“Zona en Reclamación” My Arse!
Love from ilsen.
Ah well, independence makes things really really hard, crack Guyana, you might have a bit more sympathy for the other English speaking part of South America and the racist way they are treated.
Jul 22nd, 2014 - 06:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0good point.
Jul 22nd, 2014 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The British Royal Navy is wecome in both Guyanese and Colombian waters, (opposite neighbours to Venezuela), and all the Carribean, Venezuela's only coastline.
Jul 23rd, 2014 - 06:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm sure they would turn-up if needed.
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