Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute

Before the ink was dry on the Geneva Agreement in 1966, Venezuela invaded Guyana’s half of the island of Ankoko. Since then, its aggressive intent against Guyana has manifested itself in many ways. Over the past five years, Venezuela’s aggression against Guyana has expanded, encompassing land and sea. That new aggression consists of both a military build-up in equipment and personnel in border regions […]

In a swift, surgical strike, the US has captured Maduro and his wife after areas in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, was bombed. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said: “The United States has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicholas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, […]

Few in Guyana have any sympathy with Nicholas Maduro and the Venezuelan regime which rigged the last elections to remain in power. Notwithstanding Caricom’s advocacy of the Caribbean as a zone of peace, meaning that American warships and troops, threatening the Maduro regime, should leave the area, opinions are sharply divided. The Trinidad and Tobago Government,reacted presumably to the flow […]

As Guyana celebrates its 59th Anniversary as an Independent Nation, it faces many challenges, just as it did in earlier years. Converting a dependence syndrome into a sense of independence, creating the institutional structures of an independent nation, embarking on economic transformation, confronting the challenges of a deeply divided nation, negotiating a way between the […]

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has unanimously affirmed its decision of 1 December 4 whereby it ruled as follows: “Pending a final decision…Venezuela shall refrain for taking any action which would modify the situation that currently prevails…whereby…Guyana exercises control over that area,” meaning Essequibo. On 1 May, 2025, on application by Guyana, the Court […]