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| Guyana Warns In Washington About The Venezuelan Threat To Its Territory |
| 2015-07-29 |
| Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660 |
| #8 SEXY SLINKY RONDA ROUSEY Mixed Martial Arts fighters may be sexy, but slinky most definitely doesn't fit, JosephM. Ms Rousey has a decidedly direct manner, both in and outside the octagon. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-29 20:37 |
| #7 ZOOOOOOMG, SEXY SLINKY RONDA ROUSEY IS COMING, RONDA ROUSEY IS COMING! Oh wait, she's already here. D *** NG. I KNEW IT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-29 20:02 |
| #6 More background: Granger recalled the border dispute for the Essequibo region –a jungle area that represents two thirds of its territory of 215,000 km2- with Venezuela, a country that he did not refer by name. For Guyana, the boundaries were set in an arbitral award of 1899 –when it was a British colony- and the good offices of the United Nations set forth in the Geneva Agreement have not rendered fruit. Therefore, the dispute should be settled at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Venezuela, however, maintains that the Geneva Agreement signed by Caracas and Georgetown in 1966 "is the basis for a fair, legal claim" of Essequibo. What complicated things is that the residents of that region speak English rather than Spanish and consider themselves Guyanan. In addition to this dispute, there's also an energy-supply problem: Guyana is considering energy alternatives to the Petrocaribe program as Venezuela fails to meet export quotas and tensions flare between the neighboring countries. The small South American nation receives about half its fuel supply from the Petrocaribe program [in a rice for oil deal.] A signature program of the late Hugo Chavez, Petrocaribe has sold about $28 billion to nations across the Caribbean and Central America since its creation in 2005. Member countries finance as much as half the price of the shipments at 1 percent to 2 percent interest over 25 years. Jordan says Guyana had no plans of exiting Petrocaribe due to its generous terms, while remaining cautious as no agreement had been signed for 2015. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-07-29 13:59 |
| #5 Gee, wasn't there once a pesky idea about Monroe and this hemisphere? Still, he probable held slaves or didn't celebrate diversity so we can abandon that idea without any further consideration. Only regional powers or former superpowers would harbor such presumption! Champ has certain dis-abused us of those pretentions hasn't he? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2015-07-29 13:54 |
| #4 This threat of war in South America is but one of the consequences of the US' ostentatious and provocative weakness. Does Venezuela actually have the capability to swiftly seize, hold and permanently control Guyana's coast? If yes, then why would a rational Venezuela refrain from doing so? One factor that might deter Maduro is the proximity of a significant nuclear power. French Guyana is an integral part of the territory of the French republic.
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| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-07-29 13:48 |
| #3 Maybe get Danny Glover and Sean Penn to run a 'Save Caracas' campaign among their Hollyweird peers to pay for the rice? /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-07-29 11:03 |
| #2 Guyana will find another market for its rice. Maduro will lose more options as Venezuela circles the drain. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-07-29 10:30 |
| #1 Following the latest round in the Essequibo dispute, the administration of president Maduro recently announced it would not be taking any more rice from Guyana. Rice is one of Guyana's main exports. they can't pay for it anyway. It's like me saying I'm boycotting Lamboghinis |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-07-29 10:02 |