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Maduro formally requests UN mediation in border dispute with Guyana
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro said he asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for U.N. mediation in his country's century-old border dispute with neighboring Guyana. The controversy was discussed by Maduro and Ban at a meeting Tuesday morning in New York. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesGuyana is being PROVOCATIVE and AGGRESSIVE?
Jul 29th, 2015 - 07:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why, are they plotting to invade half of Venezuela and take control of their entire EEZ?
Numpty!
What a typical load of latam bullshit. The border was settled by arbitration in 1899. The matter wasn't raised again until 1962. Out of time, surely. PROVOCATIVE and AGGRESSIVE? Who detained an oil exploration vessel conducting seafloor surveys on behalf of the government of Guyana? Time for the Royal and US Navies to take a hand?
Jul 29th, 2015 - 10:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0”The Secretary-General congratulated the Venezuelan Government on its contributions to the global agenda, particularly as a member of the Security Council.”
Jul 29th, 2015 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0Get rid of Moon and/or get rid of the UN. At least get it out of the free world. It seems to be a place to gather for dictocrats and a location for shopping sprees of what they can't get at home. Dictocrats...GO HOME.
Venezuela, already, is one of the biggest oil rich countries in the world, and yet because of the crime and corruption under Chavez and now Maduro, it is a complete economic basket case. Now they want to steal other peoples oil. Watch out Guyana as I think Argentina might also have a claim as you are on the continental shelf of Argentina (which is any land mass), and bordering the Argentina Sea (which is anything blue and wet).
Jul 29th, 2015 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Why wasn't he arrested when he came to NYC?
Jul 29th, 2015 - 01:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Venezuela's claim to Guyana's territory is based on uti possidetis juris (their borders at the time of independence from Spain). UPJ is only customary international law and only applies to those countries that opt in to use it. Britain, Brazil and France have never opted in to use UPJ. UPJ has never been used by any court or tribunal without the consent of both parties. It is therefore not applicable to any sovereignty dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. The Argentineans also try to use UPJ in respect of their Falklands' claim.
Jul 29th, 2015 - 02:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0https://www.academia.edu/10573590/Falklands_-_Uti_Possidetis_Juris_and_Nootka_Sound_Convention_1790
Venezuela is sovereign and is properly following the international laws.
Jul 29th, 2015 - 05:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are against what?
@5 The UN building is neutral ground, unfortunately, not US soil. It would never have happened if it was a trap for all the despots - though it would have been more productive for a while.
Jul 29th, 2015 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Greed knows no bounds.
Jul 29th, 2015 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 7 Brasso
Jul 29th, 2015 - 06:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Do you know what International Laws MADuro is following?
Ha, ha, ha. You are funny!
@ 7 Brasso, when is your country going to return the Uruguayan terretory it illegally occupies in Rincón de Artigas?
Jul 30th, 2015 - 01:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well Mr Maduro, it you are really serious about 'solving' this dispute, a dispute completely made up by you and your cronies in order to try and distract your people from the complete clusterfeck you've made of Venezuela, then you should be taking it to the International Court of Justice, which is, after all, the only body in the world that can rule on this dispute.
Jul 30th, 2015 - 05:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0The UNGA is a talking shop, and it has no power to do anything.
Good luck with that.
In the meantime, Guyana, should be inviting the UK and USA to come and do some military exercises, and show Venezuela just what it'll be facing should Maduro try and follow the Galteri route.
The issue was decided by arbitration a long time ago. Venezuela is now choosing to ignore that. Venezuela is another rogue State
Jul 30th, 2015 - 05:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Lep......funny you say that about military manuevers......
Jul 31st, 2015 - 01:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Critics of Maduro say Venezuela's high inflation, crime and his low approval ratings have led him to use Guyana as a distraction.”
Jul 31st, 2015 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Standard Latin OP-when we've screwed up, blame someone else-ahhhhh midday-work or siesta?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/venezuelas-giant-lake-endless-oil-042815706.html
Aug 04th, 2015 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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