Rutley meets with Ali to reaffirm UK's support to Guyana in Essequibo controversy

Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

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British Minister for the Americas, Caribbean, and Overseas Territories David Rutley met Monday in Georgetown with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali to reaffirm the United Kingdom's support to the South American country in their controversy with Venezuela over the 160,000 km2 oil-rich Essequibo region. Read full article

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Monkeymagic
It is amazing that South American Latinos do not recognise that they are a former Empire, invader, slaveholder who acted in a cunning and devious manner. The hypocrisy is extraordinary
Dec 19th, 2023 - 10:44 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Eduardo Domingo Fernandez
MM, their argument is, they think it is ok to steal land from the natives because they did not have white skin and did not believe in an invisible man in the sky, so it does not count, pretty poor excuse and they have never said it out loud but that is truth of the matter. so yes you are so right, Hypocrisy,
Dec 19th, 2023 - 06:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
‘former empire’ wot like the Captaincy General of Venezuela, part of the former Spanish Empire???

The basis on which they claim Essequibo???

Obviously some Empires good, some empires bad, depending on which suits the argument being made at the time.

Crass hypocrisy.
Dec 21st, 2023 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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