Defence

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Tuesday said the Guyana government would ask the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to authorise wide-ranging sanctions or military action against Venezuela if the Nicolas Maduro administration breaches World Court order in line with last Sunday’s referendum. If Venezuela violates the December 1, 2023 ICJ order by taking any action, which would modify the situation ...

Caracas, Dec 3 (EFE).- Venezuelan opposition leader claims that the participation in Sunday’s non-binding referendum on the territorial dispute with eastern neighbor Guyana saw a turnout of 2,110,864 voters out of 20.69 million citizens, an abstention of over 89 percent. The referendum included five questions. The first four were about the acceptance or rejection of international treaties and tribunals to ...

Lea la versión en español debajo del informe en inglés. As Venezuelans were awaiting official results of a referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo County, authorities in Georgetown denied claims by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez that a group of persons lowered Guyana’s flag and hoisted Venezuela’s. “It is not true,” President Irfaan Ali told Demerara Waves Online News. Chief-of-Staff of the ...

ver la versión traducida por Google debajo del inglés As Venezuelans were voting in Sunday’s referendum, President Irfaan Ali issued an open appeal to Venezuelans not to be part of a plan to seize Guyana’s Essequibo county in clear violation of international law. “I want to speak directly to the Venezuelan people. We are your neighbours and we are taught ...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday demanded that Venezuela comply with an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Guyana’s Essequibo County stemming from its December 3 referendum. “The Court’s Order reinforces the fundamental principle of international law, enshrined in the UN (United Nations) and OAS (Organisation of American States) Charters, that every State has the duty to ...

Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland on Friday said they were worried that Venezuela would disobey the World Court’s order and go ahead with Sunday’s referendum that could set the stage for the seizure of Guyana’s Essequibo County. “While all states are encouraged to consult their citizenry, the Commonwealth notes with deep concern that the planned referendum on 3rd December ...

French President, Emmanuel Macron has telephoned Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro that France respects the right of countries, including those in South America, to defend themselves. “The President of the Republic recalled that France was also an Amazonian country, committed to peace and security in the region, while respecting the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity,” according to a statement on ...

Venezuela on Friday stayed clear of signaling whether it would obey the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ order that it must not take any action in Guyana’s Essequibo County pending a declaration about the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award that settled the land boundary between the two countries. The ICJ on Friday ruled that pending a final decision in the case, ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday welcomed the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ordered Venezuela not to seize Guyana’s Essequibo County and urged Venezuela to obey that order. “Today’s ruling is legally binding on Venezuela. Both the UN Charter and the Statute of the Court, to which Venezuela is a Party, require its strict compliance. This is ...

The International Court of Justice on Friday ruled that Venezuela must not take any action to seize Guyana’s county of Essequibo based on its December 3 referendum. The court issued the following provisional measures, which it said that under Article 41 of the statute, have binding effect and thus create international legal obligations for any party to whom that provisional ...