Essequibo about to become military conflict, Colombia's Petro tells WEF

Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro Tuesday said during his appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, that oil- extracting in the Essequibo area held by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela should not go on. He also reckoned the dispute was on the verge of becoming a military conflict. Read full article

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Doubtful how capable either side is of fighting a real war in Essequibo even a short one, however Maduro is stupid enough to try.

Then we shall see how effective S. America are in resolving it, if indeed they can.

He talks a good fight on climate, except he want someone else to pay for what he needs to be doing for his own survival.

‘reduce emissions from the northern chimneys’, That’s a laugh!!!

In most developed countries emissions have been steadily falling for the last 30 years by up to 50% and most have plans in place to be Carbon zero in the next 30-40 years, all of which is being more than offset by the rise in emissions from the global south.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prod-cons-co2-per-capita?country=GBR

Unless total global emissions start falling rapidly we are not going to avoid the worst effects of climate change, it’s that simple.
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