US EditionVenezuela’s Essequibo Governor Vote Risks South American Stability
- Venezuela held elections on May 25, 2025, to select a governor and deputies for the contested Essequibo region claimed from Guyana.
- The vote follows a longstanding border dispute rooted in the 1899 Paris Arbitration, which Venezuela rejects but the ICJ and Guyana uphold.
- The election, confined to about 21,400 Venezuelan voters and widely condemned as unlawful and sham, escalates tensions amid resource competition and increasing military posturing.
- Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali called the vote a "full-frontal assault" on sovereignty, while the ICJ ordered Venezuela to stop, but Maduro’s regime dismissed these rulings.
- The elections risk destabilizing regional peace, prompting international calls for restraint amid fears of proxy conflict and growing border violence linked to Venezuelan-backed militias.
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Elquibo's Electoral Fake Redoubles Tension with Guyana
The handful of ballot boxes in border municipalities in Bolívar is part of the chavista parody that aims to appoint a military governor, eight national parliamentarians and several regional assembly members for the disputed territory.
Venezuela’s Essequibo Governor Vote Risks South American Stability
In the border town of Tumeremo, Venezuela, billboards proclaim Essequibo—a 160,000 km² region constituting 70% of neighboring Guyana’s territory—as “ours.” On May 25, 2025, President Nicolás Maduro’s government will hold elections to select a governor and eight deputies for this contested area, a move Guyana and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) deem a violation […]
Guyana Will Have to "Accept Venezuela's Sovereignty" over Essequibo, Says Maduro
"Now, with a governor there with resources, a budget and with all the support I'm going to give, we're going to get the Guayana Esequiba for the people," said the Venezuelan president this Sunday.
Venezuela Sham Election Sparks Outrage Over Guyana Land - American Faith
Venezuela’s socialist regime will move forward with a widely condemned “election” on Sunday to install a governor and local legislators in “Guayana Esequiba”—a fictional state carved from Guyana’s sovereign Essequibo region. The Maduro regime claims the 61,600-square-mile, resource-rich territory as Venezuelan land, despite international recognition of Guyana’s administrative control. The vote is the culmination of a disputed 2023 referendum and…
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