Venezuela will stop buying Guyana rice amid escalating border dispute

Monday, July 13th 2015 - 09:21 UTC

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Venezuela has decided to stop buying much of Guyana's rice crop amid an escalating border dispute between the two neighboring countries, the Guyanese finance minister said. The administration of president Nicolas Maduro has in the past four years purchased about 40% of Guyana's rice production, about 200,000 tons, paying for it with oil that amounts to about half of Guyana's daily supply needs. Read full article

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There's no escalation.

Just Venezuela making lots of noise.
Jul 13th, 2015 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
I don't think Venezuelans should be blocking any food into the country or using the scarce U$ to buy it from somewhere else.
Latins don't often think through the consequences of their actions.
Jul 13th, 2015 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
A tip for Guyana. Contact the Commonwealth Secretariat. Want to sell a million tons? Want to receive real money? Learn who your friends are. And never buy or sell with venezuela.
Jul 13th, 2015 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Maduro is about to deepen the food crisis in Venezuela for everybody else apart from him and his cronies.

Perhaps next year might see a popular coup.
Jul 13th, 2015 - 06:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Sell your rice to others, as for oil, im sure another country can accommodate,

let Venezuela choke on its feeble threats...
Jul 13th, 2015 - 07:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ynsere
Was Guyana getting paid?
Jul 14th, 2015 - 01:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Troy Tempest
Venzla has food, but people can't afford it, and the producers are being forced by the gov. to sell it below cost, do they smuggling it OUT, on the Black Market.
Jul 14th, 2015 - 02:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
@6 Doubt it... looks like a barter arrangement.... Guyana should start selling for US$$$$ and be beholden to no one...
Jul 14th, 2015 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
3 hours in line to buy basic staples are common, and now Maduro wants to cut off the rice supply?
Jeez! Will no-one rid us of this troublesome fool?
Jul 14th, 2015 - 12:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Englander
Guyana supports Argentina in Falklands dispute so perhaps Kirchner will send her troops to defend Guyana.
Jul 14th, 2015 - 02:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33483653

The glory of Socialism
at its finest

It makes me happy to see this...
very happy indeed.
Jul 14th, 2015 - 03:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
10@

Guyana supports Argentina in Falklands dispute so perhaps Kirchner will send her troops to defend Guyana.

As long as we don't.
Jul 14th, 2015 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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