Tag: Venezuelan Border

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  US openly supports Guyana: joint coast guard exercise and visit of top Navy commander

  

  The United States is doubling its support for Guyana in the territorial dispute with Venezuela, another flank in Washington's campaign to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Venezuela opens borders with Aruba and Brazil; Colombia remains closed

  

  The Venezuelan government is seeking to ease the country's isolation, reopening borders with Aruba and Brazil after shutting off sea and land access in February to block the opposition from delivering humanitarian aid.

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Trump calls on Venezuelan military to support opposition leader Juan Guaido

  

  President Donald Trump said on Monday that “a new day is coming in Latin America,” as he sought to rally support among the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S. for opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Speaking at Florida International University in Miami before large American and Venezuelan flags, Trump said the U.S. stands behind Guaido, whom the U.S. recognizes as the country's rightful president, and condemns President Nicolas Maduro's government and its socialist policies.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuela rejects having Guyana's Essequibo dispute taken to the International Court of Justice

  

  Venezuela is seeking a “practical and satisfying” solution to its border dispute with Guyana even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has already filed its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on the matter.