{"id":122498,"date":"2023-12-07T11:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=122498"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:39:12","slug":"imminent-invasion-warning-as-putins-ally-makes-direct-threat-on-neighbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/world-news\/imminent-invasion-warning-as-putins-ally-makes-direct-threat-on-neighbour\/","title":{"rendered":"Imminent invasion warning as Putins ally makes direct threat on neighbour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sparked global concerns after he produced a new map of his country which included two-thirds of neighbouring Guyana.<\/p>\n

Citizens in Venezuela were asked on December 3 whether Caracas should pursue its long-standing claim to the Essequibo region of Guyana and if they agreed with providing the population in the contended area with Venezuelan citizenship as well as “incorporating that state into the map of Venezuelan territory”.<\/p>\n

Only two days after the Maduro-controlled Venezuelan National Electoral Council claimed 95 per cent of voters approved a move on the 160,000km2 oil-rich swath of Guyanese jungle, Mr Maduro showed off a new map of his country and appointed General Alexis Rodr\u00edguez Cabello as head of the region.<\/p>\n

On December 6, he also proposed a bill to officially create a Venezuelan province in a disputed area. Among other measures, the legislation includes an order to Venezuela’s companies to begin mining and oil extraction operations in Essequibo.<\/p>\n

Venezuela has been claiming Essequibo, which happens to be particularly oil-rich, as its own since the border with Guyana was drawn up in the 19th century.<\/p>\n

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The referendum was called at a time Mr Maduro, whose re-election in 2018 has been contested as fraudulent by several nations including the US and the UK, is facing a newly unified opposition in his country.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the referendum, Guyana President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali highlighted the “direct threat” to his country’s territorial integrity in a concerned statement.<\/p>\n

It also read: “Guyana views this as an imminent threat to its territorial integrity and will intensify precautionary measures to safeguard its territory. I have tonight spoken to the Secretary General of the United Nations and several leaders alerting them of these dangerous developments and the desperate actions of President Maduro that fly in the face of international law and constitute a grave threat to international peace and security.”<\/p>\n

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