Venezuela Stages Elections for a Disputed Part of Neighboring Guyana

Venezuela stages elections for a disputed part of neighboring Guyana

The State Department says elections called by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to elect a governor and legislators for the oil-rich region of El Esequibo are a ‘sham.’

“How could they send us back”: the baby sent back to Gaza after open-heart surgeryWho are the victims and what doubts leaves the deadly collision of a Mexican school ship with the Brooklyn bridge in New York“The Venezuelan sun is born in the Esequibo.” This phrase, of uncertain authorship, is something that for a few years Nicolás Maduro repeats as a slogan. But this Sunday, it became something more. Look: “We already voted and stole”: the impos…

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) reiterated on Monday its "firm support for the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Guyana" in its crisis with Venezuela, which yesterday elected a governor for the disputed region of the Esequibo. "The border dispute with Venezuela remains a constant concern", stated in a statement Carla Barnett, secretary general of Caricom, a 15-member Caribbean regional organization of which Guyana is part. Ven…

This Sunday the Chavista regime held elections in which it elected governor in the disputed territory.

The United States condemned on the same day the call for elections on that region, which Venezuela declared to be part of its territory last year by law after holding a referendum. CARACAS.- Venezuela took to the polls on Sunday the election of the governor of the Esequibo region, a territory rich in minerals and oil over which it maintains a long territorial dispute with Guyana, despite international questions. The United States condemned on th…

Venezuela took to the polls on Sunday the election of the governor of the Esequibo region, a territory rich in minerals and oil over which it has a long territorial dispute with Guyana, despite international questions.