Tag: Essequibo

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil reinforcing military presence in Roraima bordering Venezuela and Guyana

  

  A total of 28 armored vehicles have been deployed to the State of Roraima as the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes additional precautions amid mounting tension between Venezuela and Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, January 26th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

  Venezuela and Guyana to keep discussing Essequibo issue peacefully

  

  After more than five hours of conversations, diplomatic delegations from Venezuela and Guyana agreed on Thursday in Brasilia to discuss the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo territory peacefully. The gathering at the Itamaraty Palace resulted from talks between Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali on December 14 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:45 UTC

  Guyana and Venezuela discussing Essequibo in Brazil

  

  Diplomatic teams from Venezuela and Guyana are to discuss Thursday in Brazil the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area in control of the latter since the 1890s.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

  Venezuela supports Argentina's claim to Malvinas

  

  Despite criticizing a judge's decision to hand over to the United States the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry also issued Wednesday a declaration insisting that the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands were Argentine.

• Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

  UK says Venezuela's military maneuvers “unjustified”

  

  The United Kingdom said Venezuelan President Nicolàs Maduro's decision to up his country's military readiness over the Essequibo dispute with Guyana was “unjustified.” The Bolivarian forces deployed over 5,000 troops in response to the arrival in the area of the Royal Navy's HMS Trent.

• Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Essequibo crisis: Venezuela launches defensive military operation

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered preventive measures be taken as the Royal Navy's HMS Trent was reaching the area to side with Guyana amid tensions over the disputed oil-rich Essequibo area.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Essequibo conflict means higher insurance costs for Guyana

  

  Amid escalating concerns about the Essequibo crisis with neighboring Venezuela, Guyana has been included in the list of greatest risk for maritime transport drafted by insurers Lloyd's Market Association for vessels visiting offshore facilities in the former British colony's Exclusive Economic Zone, beyond “territorial waters.”

• Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazilian diplomacy manages to cool tensions between Venezuela and Guyana

  

  In what is considered a success for Brazilian diplomacy, Venezuela and Guyana pledged in a joint statement last Thursday, not to resort to force to settle a long-standing dispute over contested land and adjoining sea in an oil and gas-rich region known as the Essequibo.