Venezuela Sham Election Sparks Outrage Over Guyana Land - American Faith

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…

The Government of Venezuela this Friday called on Guyana to negotiate a solution for Guayana Esequiba and ratified that it will enforce its right over the territory by “the legal and peaceful way”. READ ALSO: Candidate to the Governorate of Guayana Esequiba, Venezuela, calls for unity Through a statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, the authorities of the South American country indicated that they defend their “historic rights over Guay…

Why is the Esequibo at the center of the debate of the regional elections in Venezuela? By Hugo Caro Jiménez For the first time in the country, Venezuela will vote on Sunday, May 25, to elect, from among 569 regional and parliamentary positions, 16 authorities that will represent the Esequibo on the national political scene. Although the area is under Guyana's control, Chavismo hopes to recover the territory “fully”, ignoring the rulings of the …

Venezuelan elections for Guyana’s Essequibo unlawful- PM Phillips

As Guyanese lawmakers debated the motion reaffirming Guyana’s sovereignty on Friday, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips said Venezuela’s sham elections for a state in the Essequibo region are unlawful, as no such state exists. “To elect a governor for Guayana Esequiba is unlawful because the state, Guayana Esequiba, does not exist. “There is no such state in Guyana. Venezuela has not demonstrated or exercised any political or legal c…