Tag: Venezuela/Guyana border dispute

Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 08:11 UTC
Venezuela admits military 'deployment exercise' along the border with Guyana

Venezuela says the deployment of its troops near the border it shares with Guyana, which triggered serious concern in Georgetown, is “an operational deployment exercise”. This follows on months of diplomatic aggression and threats by the regime of Nicolas Maduro claiming two thirds of Guyana's territory.
Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 09:03 UTC
Guyana claims Venezuela is making “abnormal military deployments” near the border

Guyana President David Granger is claiming that Venezuela is making “abnormal and extraordinary military deployments” near the border between the two countries. He made the accusation on Tuesday, saying that he had received reports about the movement in eastern Venezuela/western Guyana.
Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:57 UTC
Guyana asks Google to remove Spanish names from Essequibo region which Venezuela claims

Unasur (Union of South American Nations) member Guyana is asking Google to remove certain street names near its disputed shared border with Venezuela, Guyana's foreign minister announced. The names, in Spanish, seem to suggest they are part of Venezuela, Carl Greenidge said.
Wednesday, August 12th 2015 - 09:10 UTC
CARICOM tells Venezuela it supports Guyana's integrity in territorial dispute

Venezuela’s vice-president Jorge Arreaza recently heard directly from CARICOM chairman, Barbados’ Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, that the regional grouping is backing Guyana in the territorial dispute between the two South American neighbors. Stuart met last Friday with Arreaza who was visiting the island as part of a regional tour to discuss Venezuela’s territorial and maritime claims in the region.
Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 05:49 UTC
ExxonMobil rig concludes exploration offshore Guyana: resumes seismic studies

An ExxonMobil rig that re-ignited a maritime boundary dispute between Guyana and Venezuela has now left the area, a Guyanese official said on Monday, but denying it was because of Venezuelan pressure.
Wednesday, July 29th 2015 - 06:43 UTC
Maduro formally requests UN mediation in border dispute with Guyana

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro said he asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for U.N. mediation in his country's century-old border dispute with neighboring Guyana. The controversy was discussed by Maduro and Ban at a meeting Tuesday morning in New York.
Monday, July 27th 2015 - 05:20 UTC
Guyana warns in Washington about the Venezuelan threat to its territory

Guyana's territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela represents a threat to its very survival, President David Granger warned Friday in Washington. After a recent offshore oil find, the row between the two countries has escalated, with Venezuela laying claim to a huge swathe of Guyana's territory.
Monday, July 20th 2015 - 07:47 UTC
Guyana to 'stoutly resist' Venezuela plans to issue IDs to disputed Essequibo residents

Guyana on Sunday warned it would “stoutly resist” plans by Venezuela to register residents in Essequibo and issue them identification cards for the neighbouring Spanish-speaking nation. Venezuela claims the region and has launched an aggressive campaign at domestic and international level calling president David Granger a 'provocateur”.
Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 07:34 UTC
Guyanese president Granger will attend Mercosur summit in Brasilia

Guyanese President David Granger and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge plan to attend the biannual Mercosur summit in Brasilia later this next, a Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed to the Spanish news agency EFE.
Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 05:35 UTC
Guyana declines UN good offices since they have only 'helped Venezuela'

Guyana is no longer interested in the UN Good Offices Process as a means to settle its century-old border dispute with Venezuela, Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge said on Monday in a news briefing live-streamed online.