Guyana welcomes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Apart from relations with Caricom in relation to energy security, illegal immigration and criminal networks as defined by US Assistant Secretary of State Mauricio Claver-Carone, the issues of importance in Guyana’s relations with the US are Venezuela, China and Cuba.
Category Archives: Foreign Relations
PRESIDENT ALI MUST NOT BE A SUPPLICANT TO MADURO
So Maduro wants to talk based on the provisions of the Geneva Agreement. In the first place, President Ali must not give credibility, or fall victim, to the hoary tale of Venezuela’s false interpretation of the Geneva Agreement that it mandates a resolution of the border controversy by negotiation between the two countries. Negotiation was mandated only in relation to […]
GUYANA SEEKS MEASURES FROM THE ICJ TO BLOCK VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s most recent belligerent act, the unprovoked and aggressive intrusion into Guyana’s maritime space, attracted widespread condemnation, including from the United States. This atrocity is certainly intended to intimidate Guyana and to escalate tensions. It may also well be that with a US company, Exxon, with partners, engaged in extracting oil from within Guyana’s EEZ, […]
THE END OF THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA?
The agreement by Israel to end the genocide in Gaza, after being pressured by the emissary of President-elect Trump, Steve Witkoff, was proposed since last May and approved by Hamas in July. After Hamas’s acceptance of the terms, Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu added new conditions. The discussions fell apart, with US Secretary of State Blinken blatantly lying by blaming Hamas for the failure, while tens […]
JAGAN’S LETTER TO GORBACHEV
In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the PPP, I write about a little known event that formed part of the circumstances that shaped Guyana’s entry into the democratic fold of nations.