GUYANA CHALLENGES VENEZUELA’S REFERENDUM AT THE ICJ

Guyana’s challenge to Venezuela’s referendum, fixed for December 3, is to be heard by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on November 14 in the Hague. The referendum calls on the Venezuelan electorate to answer the following questions: (i) do you agree or reject the 1899 Arbitral Award? (ii) do you support the Geneva Agreement […]

A UNITED GUYANA CONFRONTS VENEZUELA’S INTIMIDATION AND PERFIDY

Venezuela’s plan to create a state of ‘Guayana Esequiba’ on Guyana’s territory is an act of brazen and lawless perfidy. The border between Guyana and Venezuela was lawfully determined in 1899 by an Arbitral Tribunal, established by the Treaty of Arbitration signed at Washington in 1897 to find a “full, final and perfect settlement.”  A […]

VENEZUELA’S THREATS ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION

International condemnation greeted Venezuela’s statement of 19 September rejecting the “illegal bidding” for oil blocks carried out by the Government of Guyana. The statement claims that Guyana does not have sovereign rights over the maritime areas in international law and demarcation must be carried out in agreement with Venezuela. The statement goes on to warn […]

HOUSE LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND GUYANA

Most Guyanese welcomed the meeting between the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), led the House Democratic Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and the delegation from the Guyana Government.  The statement of the CBC said that it had a productive meeting and discussed energy and food security, regional economic prosperity, and economic stewardship. The strength of the bilateral relationship […]

TRENCH CRAPPO

There was insufficient newspaper reporting yesterday on the reasons for the dismissal of the charge against Mr. Sherrod Duncan for referring to a person as a ‘trench crappo’ and a ‘jagabbat’ to determine whether this type of vulgar abuse is legally permitted. Or whether it is vulgar abuse at all. For example, it is not […]