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UK High Commissioner dismisses Venezuela's (oily) claim on Guyana's maritime front
British High Commissioner to Guyana, James Gregory Quinn has dismissed Venezuela’s most recent claim on Guyana’s oil rich Essequibo Coast, stating that it lacks solid grounds. Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro on May 27 signed a decree that now claims an entire portion of Guyana’s territory into the Atlantic Ocean and includes the Stabroek Block where a significant portion of oil was recently discovered by US oil giant, ExxonMobil. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNone of that will stop Venezuela's government, which is looking for any sort of scapegoat or attention-grabbing headline that isn't concentrating on the economic implosion that Chavismo has wrought on Venezuela.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 05:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0We are all Chavez..... one of the dumbest slogans possible when it comes to Venezuela.
Why do these South Americans always want to take other people's property?
Jun 15th, 2015 - 09:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are they not content with what they have?
Even if the Guyanians stole it from them(l did say “even if”)the Venezuelans stole it from the Amerindians.
lts a case of “whats mine is mine & whats yours is ours”.
Now where have l heard that before?
Ah yes, don't tell me……
Argentina's ridiculous “claims” to the Falklands & other British territory in the South Atlantic.
i hate that shite of chavez / maduro with all my heart.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0now, why the fuck is england always involved in land theft?
eh?
and what the fuck is england doing in south america?
they have nothing to do with this continent.
not that hard to understand, no?
...pirates
and thieves.
and isolda, shut up.
99% of the venezuelans are amerindians.
you know zilch
nothing
nada de nada
not anything
nil
zero
@3
Jun 15th, 2015 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Do they not teach you South American history in Argie schools? Dear, dear Guyana used to be a British colony until we gave them indepedence. Just like the FALKLANDS, or do you not understand plain English, in fact English is the official language in Guyana. do you understand?
Guyana is also in the West Indies for the purpose of the cricket team.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 12:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#4
Jun 15th, 2015 - 12:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think you'll find that the UNITED KINGDOM (not “england”) is involved because Guyana is a member of the Commonwealth (of Nations) and formerly a colony administrated by the United Kingdom. As such, there is a a degree of support in diplomatic matters where an opponent outside the Commonwealth is clearly in the wrong. More generally though, the United Kingdom is involved in the wider world - as an example, the United Kingdom is the 2nd largest national aid donor (after the US) and as a percentage of GDP is only surpassed by Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Denmark.
Yes, in the past history of the England and later the United Kingdom we did steal land and resources. This is much like Argentina did (and a significant fraction of the world's current sovereign states did), and attempted to do, post-independence. The difference is that we gave up on the idea of territorial expansion by force before WW2. As far as I can tell Argentina still hasn't dropped this, so spare us your bullshit hypocrisy.
As for your claim that “99% of the venezuelans are amerindians” this doesn't seem to bourn out by the facts:
”According to an autosomal DNA genetic study conducted in 2008 by the University of Brasilia (UNB) the composition of Venezuela's population is: 60.60% of European contribution, 23% of Amerindian contribution and 16,30% of African contribution.” - Godinho, Neide Maria de Oliveira (2008). “O impacto das migrações na constituição genética de populações latino-americanas”. Universidade de Brasília. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
Getting very popular in S. America these territorial disputes.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This is the legacy of the Kirchner’s.
@3. “what the fuck is england doing in south america?” England isn't in south america. We have pride. But, in the past, it provided one of the very few intelligent influences. Please note that the Falkland Islands are not in south america. They are in the South Atlantic.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Strange that, in 2011, 43.6% of the venezuelan population said they were white. Do they lie as much as argies? Or are you talking more B/S?
boludo 4
Jun 15th, 2015 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Do they not teach you South American history in Argie schools? Dear, dear Guyana used to be a British colony until we gave them indepedence. Just like the FALKLANDS, or do you not understand plain English, in fact English is the official language in Guyana. do you understand?”
and what the fuck has that got to do with this, you boludo?
it was another sad british colony, so what?
england or the left overs of the uk have nothing to do in south america.
GOT IT NOW?
@6
Jun 15th, 2015 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think your comments should be directed at @3 and not me @4
#10 Apologies for that, mistake on my part.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 03:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#9 Can we make it any clearer? Guyana is a member of the Commonwealth. Surely it is within a nation's right to diplomatically or otherwise stand up for a smaller nation being bullied by one of its neighbours, particularly when there is a historical and cultural connection?!
I see you also can't bring yourself to admit you're wrong about the ethnic composition of Venezuela.
@11. The real problem is that Pablo is a lice-infested asshole with piles. Makes him tetchy. He also has a hatred of Britain because we tried to cure his sexually transmitted infection, but failed because he insisted on going back to the 'villas' on a daily basis. They being the only places where he could find transexuals that didn't laugh at his, fully erect, 2 inches. Read his comments carefully. You can see the pointers to frustration and sexual inadequacy. Notice his emphasis on physical attributes and nationality. Perhaps, at some stage, and English woman laughed herself sick when he took his trousers off. Perhaps some English guy told him he wasn't sticking his dick in 'there'. Not even for the US$500 he offered. He definitely has mental/personality problems.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 03:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9
Jun 15th, 2015 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Paul, name calling will NOT WIN the arguement. It just makes you look juvenile.
Incidently if you GOOGLE Guyana you may become educated. Britain will stand by Guyana as they are part of THE COMMONWEALTH, so sorry that bothers you so much. i am now going to change my habit of a lifetime and say you are an
( HIJO DE PUTA )
There does that make you feel any better?
Paul is powerless. He can stop the UK doing what it wants.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 09:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So just sit back Paul.
Just wonder when the Kretina will copy MADurine and sign a decree annexing the Falklands....
Jun 15th, 2015 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Poor, poor paulcedron.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 10:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Again proved wrong,
Again proved to be a blithering idiot,
Again showed up for being the foul-mouthed, misinformed, uneducated,rude, ignorant troll that he is.
paul, poor boy, end it now for the world's sake.
Please don't make it messy.
btw-when are you coming to visit us?
We just sooooooooooooo want to meet you.
ldiot child.
isolda
Jun 15th, 2015 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“btw-when are you coming to visit us?
We just sooooooooooooo want to meet you.”
in 2 months more or less, isolda.
do not despair.
anyway, my visit to the islets is conditional on whether you can meet my requirements.
it is a short but very strict list.
otherwise i will cancel it.
your loss.
l think my husband will take good care of you, paulie boy.
Jun 15th, 2015 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0However you might be a bit bloody & bruised afterwards.
Poor lad,
You have my sympathy(not!).
why are you sooooooooooo self-centered, isolda???
Jun 15th, 2015 - 11:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0eh?
i was not talking about YOU but about YOU LOT.
this english lingo is as useless as you isleteers.
Troy Tempest, Brasileiro, Voice, CabezaDura2 are all sock puppets of an idiot living in the United States.
Jun 16th, 2015 - 02:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I support the Argentine Natives Army.
Jun 16th, 2015 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Where do I donate?
I suppose the natives of the Falklands are really looking forward to the visit of paulcedron. There are several who clearly would like to ring his silly neck.
Jun 17th, 2015 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But, IF he does arrive of course he is such a coward that he will arrive under a different name. The only way to identify him is that he will be accompanied by a strong smell of human effluent.
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