GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, has noted that Guyana is appreciative that its border case with Venezuela will go before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The date set aside for the start of public hearings into whether the ICJ has jurisdiction to hear the case, is June 30. “We […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela is set to go before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) next month. The ICJ has scheduled a hearing for the week of March 23, on the controversy arising from Venezuela’s contention that the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899 establishing the boundary with Guyana […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –The Trinidad and Tobago Government disclosed that a 2013 agreement with Venezuela for the joint development of a natural gas field straddling their maritime border has been put on hold. And Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has blamed the decision on the United States’ imposition of sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil […]
Antigua PM Gaston Browne left Antigua and Barbuda last Tuesday on a quick visit to Venezuela that saw Antigua and Barbuda being formally inducted into ALBA Bank as a new member, as well as the signing of the Financing Agreement relating to the loan of US$15.8 million for injection into LIAT. On his arrival Browne […]
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has made an emphatic call at the United Nations to support dialogue on Venezuela’s political troubles and oppose war threats. Said the PM: “The Venezuelan people must be allowed to decide on their future according to the principles of the United Nations Charter, principles of non-intervention and non-interference, prohibition of […]
CARACAS – A minority group of opposition parties in Venezuela agreed last Monday to enter negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government without the participation of U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, eroding his efforts to hold together a coalition to confront the socialist administration. The agreement was signed by representatives of several opposition parties alongside Maduro’s […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared an “orange alert” last Tuesday in the states that border with Colombia due to the threat of military aggression by the neighboring country. An orange alert means that the Venezuelan army must be at the ready against aggression from the neighboring country, waiting for the call to arms. “We know […]
NEW YORK, United States – A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this past has triggered the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official who says she fears the move will have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people. Tensions […]
After weeks of dismissing persistent calls by Caracas to resume dialogue, US-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has agreed to talks in Barbados, while still calling President Nicolas Maduro a “usurper” who must go. Guaido, who declared himself ‘interim president’ of Venezuela in January and has since enlisted the support of the US and its […]
By Lincoln DePradine Canada has been criticized for its role, along with the United States, in what activists call aggression towards Cuba and Venezuela. The efforts of Canada, the United States and other western nations are designed “to cause as much destruction as they can in Venezuela’’ and to choke Cuba, according Dr Isaac Saney, […]
