The use of the word ‘imperialism’ went out of fashion after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the emergence of a unipolar world with the US as the leading hegemon. Earlier this week, the New York Times and its opinion writers have begun to describe as ‘imperialism’ the US government’s announced policy […]
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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, […]
Venezuela’s aggression towards Guyana now poses an existential threat to Guyana’s survival as a nation state. If Essequibo is taken over by Venezuela, Guyana becomes a rump state with its western border on the eastern bank of the Essequibo River. Guyana will have no mineral wealth, no oil production, a large portion of its rich agricultural land lost and flailing on the international scene trying to […]
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, […]
In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, President Irfaan Ali referred to a “very threatening message from Venezuela” in the form of a Communique attacking Guyana for advertising oil blocks in Guyana’s sovereign waters. The Venezuelan Government responded that: “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will always assert its legitimate rights […]
