Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic)
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Guyana will not yield to coercion – President Ali tells UNGA amid Venezuela’s aggression
“If the rights of a small State can be trampled upon and legally binding orders ignored, what protection remains for any nation under international law?” President of Guyana, H.E. Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali As Venezuela continues to enact unilateral laws and issue threats of annexation of Guyana’s Essequibo territory, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, has declared that Guyana will not yield…
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STATEMENT ON THE UNACCEPTABLE ESCALATION OF TENSIONS AND THREATS TO REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY OCCASIONED BY THE ADOPTION OF “THE ORGANIC LAW FOR THE DEFENCE OF GUYANA ESSEQUIBA” ON APRIL 3, 2024, BY THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) considers that the adoption of “the Organic Law for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba” on 3 April 2024, by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has occasioned an unacceptable escalation of tensions between that country and the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and has threatened to undermine peace…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes the decision of the Venezuelan National Assembly to conduct a popular referendum on defending Venezuela’s claim of the Essequibo. CARICOM further notes that two of the questions approved to be posed in the Referendum, if answered in the affirmative, would authorise the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to embark on the annexation of…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Controversy
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with grave concern the contents of a Communique emanating from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela regarding the announcement made by our sister Member State, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, about its intention to open bids for certain oil blocks in the waters adjacent to Guyana’s coast. CARICOM views the stated intention of Venezuela to “apply…
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