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Guyana reports attacks from Venezuelan side along Cuyuni River
The attacks occur amid ongoing tensions over Venezuela's claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region The Guyanese Government has condemned multiple armed attacks along the Cuyuni River by armed men in civilian clothing firing from the Venezuelan side of the river between Eteringbang and Makapa, in which no injuries were reported. According to Georgetown, Guyana's Defense Force (GDF) responded appropriately and continues to protect the country's territorial integrity.
Guyana’s Foreign Ministry lodged a formal protest with Venezuela, demanding an investigation and accountability, referencing a similar incident on Feb. 17, 2025, in which 6 GDF soldiers were injured.
“The Ministry… has registered its condemnation of these attacks and requested that a thorough investigation be carried out by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the perpetrators be apprehended and brought to justice,” a statement read. “It is the intention of the Ministry, as it did with the incident of February 17, 2025, to bring these latest incidents to the attention of the international community,” it went on.
Georgetown also pledged to monitor the situation closely and “take all appropriate action where necessary.”
The GDF ”remains resolute in its mission to protect Guyana’s territorial integrity and ensure the safety of its citizens. It will continue to respond to acts of aggression along the Guyana-Venezuela border and will maintain regular patrols along the Cuyuni River,” the document further noted.
The attacks occur amid ongoing tensions over Venezuela's claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region, with Caracas planning to install a governor there via an election to be held on May 25. The border dispute is currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
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May 16th, 2025 - 01:18 pm 0Oh Gee Whiz the people firing across the border are in civilian clothing. This must mean that the Venezuelan government is not behind this action. As is said in New Zealand “Yeah Right”.
May 16th, 2025 - 01:47 pm 0“Maduro and his cronies resemble the Essequibo dispute with that of the Falkland Islands and Argentina’s sovereignty claims.”
May 18th, 2025 - 10:54 am 0”However, half a century later, the publication of an alleged political deal between Russia and Britain led Venezuela to reassert its claims. In 1949, the US jurist Otto Schoenrich gave the Venezuelan government the Memorandum of Severo Mallet-Prevost (Official Secretary of the U.S./Venezuela delegation in the Tribunal of Arbitration), written in 1944 to be published only after Mallet-Prevost's death. That reopened the issues, with Mallet-Prevost surmising a political deal between Russia and Britain from the subsequent private behaviour of the judges.”
https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_crisis_of_1895
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