Venezuela ignores UN ICJ ruling and will go ahead with a referendum on Guyana's Esequibo

Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 20:14 UTC

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Venezuela will press on with a weekend referendum over the fate of a vast disputed area in the Esequibo region it claims, disputing neighboring Guyana's jurisdiction, despite the UN International Court of Justice, ICJ, Friday ruling urging restraint in the dispute. Read full article

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MarkWhelan
Naturally they will go ahead with the vote. The voting slips, that will be counted, were already filled in a few weeks ago. Venezuela has said that they will not invade any foreign country. That is why they need the vote to be counted.
If the Venezuelan people say that the “Essequibo Region ” is part of Venezuela then they are not invading any foreign country but are instead reclaiming their own occupied soil.
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Terence Hill
“If the Venezuelan people say that the “Essequibo Region ” is part of Venezuela then they are not invading any foreign country but are instead reclaiming their own occupied soil”

“If wishes were horses beggars would ride”

Lots of luck with that one as only two ways into that area. Either from the sea where the US
Navy has stacked the seaward approach with war ships.
Or via Brazil. Brazil announced “intensified defensive actions” along its northern border fearing a possible invasion of Guyana by the dictatorial regime of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
Dec 04th, 2023 - 01:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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