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Why Oil-Rich Venezuela Wants Guyana's Oil

In April 2024, President Nicolás Maduro approved a referendum to annex the oil and mineral-rich region of Essequibo. The only problem is that Essequbio makes up two-thirds of Guyana, and they’re not going to give up that land so easily. While the long-standing territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana dates back more than a century, the issue escalated in 2015. That’s when ExxonMobil discovered oil off the coast of Guyana. This prompted Venezuela to revive an old debate over Guyana's territorial claims to Essequibo. Despite efforts by international bodies like the UN to mediate, and Venezuela and Guyana agreeing not to use force to settle the dispute, tensions remain high.
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  • @joellee6142
    @joellee6142Ай бұрын

    venezuela cant even run their country, what makes anyone think they can do good for guyana?

  • @sutapasbhattacharya9471

    @sutapasbhattacharya9471

    Ай бұрын

    USA with Don-the-Con Trump and Genocide Joe bowing to AIPAC is such an exemplar - having spent a century or more destabilizing any non-vassal in Latin America.

  • @sutapasbhattacharya9471

    @sutapasbhattacharya9471

    Ай бұрын

    Jenn O side Jo and Don-the-Con are doing such a great job in the USA!

  • @sutapasbhattacharya9471

    @sutapasbhattacharya9471

    Ай бұрын

    Oil-rich Texas along with California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado - used to be Northern Mexico!

  • @nope6908

    @nope6908

    28 күн бұрын

    @@sutapasbhattacharya9471ok and?

  • @OddWoz

    @OddWoz

    3 күн бұрын

    Lmfao. Well maybe if the U.S. would stop meddling, sanctioning, and isolating them simply because they won’t turn all their resources over to America corporations and install a U.S. puppet… then they could actually get somewhere. Funny you think it’s possible for a developing country to pick themselves up by their bootstraps while being stepped on by 100ton Uncle Sam.

  • @gpttech
    @gpttechАй бұрын

    the same with america, they have oil and they want iraq, libya oil and more

  • @joellee6142

    @joellee6142

    Ай бұрын

    iraq took kuwait for their oil remember? they were kicked out of kuwait and that regime was removed from power..

  • @jaredgalvin

    @jaredgalvin

    Ай бұрын

    Clearly, you are not educated with facts.

  • @christoferrodriguez7672

    @christoferrodriguez7672

    Ай бұрын

    Russia too

  • @gpttech

    @gpttech

    Ай бұрын

    @@jaredgalvin educated me sir

  • @gabriel38g

    @gabriel38g

    Ай бұрын

    @@joellee6142 How do you think that Hussein was removed? U.S invaded Iraq in 2003. and stayed there until the last term of Obama in 2014. Did you forget?

  • @MrDayna39
    @MrDayna39Ай бұрын

    Yes, the colonial powers have left many conflicts unresolved, they divided up many lands to suit themselves without regards for the local people

  • @eman3682

    @eman3682

    Ай бұрын

    It was 200+ years ago. Oil was useless back then.

  • @meghasaishyam6847

    @meghasaishyam6847

    Ай бұрын

    Land.geographical locations .Divided india and still using Pakistan as a puppet state ​@@eman3682

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    Ай бұрын

    mr Dayna, this dispute is not unresolved , venezuela agreed to the present border, then changed their minds after 100 years or so.

  • @parsian5919

    @parsian5919

    29 күн бұрын

    @@amazonwarrior7126 Wasn't Chavez saying that the issue was resolved and no one cared about it until oil was discovered.

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    29 күн бұрын

    mr dayana39 yes in many lands but in Guyana case Venezuela agreed to the borders,so end of story

  • @adrianbristol4392
    @adrianbristol4392Ай бұрын

    venezuela can give it self back to Colombia before coming for land from Guyana

  • @esdrassantos9729
    @esdrassantos9729Ай бұрын

    This dispute is very very old. The UK stole this territory from Venezuela and even the UN at the time decided that the britains shoud give back the land. But the britains withdrawed without do it on purpose, leaving yet another focus of conflict in the region.

  • @LokiTheGodofMischief

    @LokiTheGodofMischief

    Ай бұрын

    They bribed the judges in the Paris ruling to rule in their favor since they knew there was gold. That's a historical fact many of these videos miss.

  • @kuheylan123ify

    @kuheylan123ify

    Ай бұрын

    I mean the video says Venezuelans solved the dispute and reached an agreement decades ago and what I understand is it is still them who's trying to break the agreement they did decades ago

  • @LokiTheGodofMischief

    @LokiTheGodofMischief

    Ай бұрын

    @@kuheylan123ify Yes Hugo said there's no problem with the territory. Nick is doing it to drum up support because schools in Venezuela teach about the history of the disputed region that it belonged to them.

  • @jayyy3456

    @jayyy3456

    Ай бұрын

    Stop with your fake history.

  • @emptyhad2571

    @emptyhad2571

    Ай бұрын

    Just like the Palestinians who aren’t native to the land of Israel

  • @user-go7zy3fc5f
    @user-go7zy3fc5f3 күн бұрын

    This is a colonial dispute. Also the American imperialists shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near Guyanas oil. They’ve already got an unfair and corrupt contract.

  • @user-me1ur7sc5u
    @user-me1ur7sc5uАй бұрын

    Essequibo belong to Guyana not a blade grass

  • @retiredrebel

    @retiredrebel

    3 күн бұрын

    It is a disputed territory no doubt. Venezuela will have no problem if Russian & Chinese oil companies extract the resources, but NOT the Yankee Americans nor Shell/BP & other EU companies. So far Guayana has played smart by not provoking Venezuela. Remember Aljazeera is still a MSM media that selectively retracts some portions of the truth. In this case it never discussed the history of Essequibo nor the agreements between the British Colonial forces & the Spanish (later the Bolivarian Liberation). Major Hint - why is Essequibo a Spanish name for the territory?

  • @user-kb2qv5en5f
    @user-kb2qv5en5fАй бұрын

    Essequibo belongs to Guyana

  • @sovndvibes
    @sovndvibesАй бұрын

    The Americans and the companies that already mine there will not allow it.

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    Ай бұрын

    no brainless, Guyana will not allow it .

  • @christill
    @christillАй бұрын

    It’s so bizarre to me that no one thinks to just save money and just build renewable energy. The people in charge of basically every country are addicted to fossil fuels. Addicted to conflict.

  • @jayyy3456
    @jayyy3456Ай бұрын

    Contrary to what the Venezuelans will tell you. The land never belonged to them. It changed hands many centuries and was in possession of the Dutch at the time it was transferred to the British. The dispute was settled fairly in an international tribunal in 1899 after USA threaten war against the British at the behest of its vassal regime in Venezuela. It was brought up again in the Cold War era of the 60’s by USA and UK meddling to stoke division in Guyana because it had a communist leaning Government then. This was the birth of Venezuela’s claim at that time it was an American vassal dictatorship like the Middle East dictatorships. Venezuela has no claim to the Essequibo and it never will.

  • @jermainesingh

    @jermainesingh

    Ай бұрын

    I heard the president of usa was in Venezuela shortly before they started making claims again

  • @user-kg3xk5dy8q
    @user-kg3xk5dy8qАй бұрын

    LET THE PEOPLE IN THE ESEQUBO VOTE TO BE PART OF GUYANA OR VENEZULA

  • @numbersix8919

    @numbersix8919

    Ай бұрын

    With no interference from the US.

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    29 күн бұрын

    @@numbersix8919 the people of essicreibo are Guyanese and they dont want to vote because essicreibo has always belonged to Guyana and always will. dont pander to a mad dicatitor.

  • @numbersix8919

    @numbersix8919

    29 күн бұрын

    @@amazonwarrior7126 Sounds like the same old imperialist smear to me!

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    29 күн бұрын

    @@numbersix8919 no this is what the people of essicreibo want, and they love their country. as all Guyanese do. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpaMlZt_ipbThJs.htmlsi=UY3YE81poGSqx_qR

  • @mycodenameisejatt
    @mycodenameisejattАй бұрын

    Venezuela is like the Philippines. Recently the Philippines also wants to claim 2/3 of Sabah, one of Malaysia State using historical claim. But Sabah is internationally recognised as a Malaysian region/state since 1963.

  • @sladetuner8661
    @sladetuner866124 күн бұрын

    Guyana has a right protect itself

  • @emptyhad2571
    @emptyhad2571Ай бұрын

    One note those Spanish “colonies” were not “colonies” but viceroyalties as formal parts of Spain

  • @senoadjiaditya1535
    @senoadjiaditya1535Ай бұрын

    It's already happened before, with Iraq and Kuwait! What's new about that?

  • @user-rr1mz8qi9o
    @user-rr1mz8qi9oАй бұрын

    It is the us military base Venezuela don't want and should not want

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    29 күн бұрын

    i190 who cares what venezuela thinks? we will have a military base if it suits us.

  • @bissoondatmohan740
    @bissoondatmohan74014 күн бұрын

    I personally think moderator that you have it all wrong Venezuela did not want Guyana its the dictator Maduro who is try claiming Guyana territory

  • @vicr.5725
    @vicr.572527 күн бұрын

    Venezuela's government is in the wrong in this case, and is acting as an imperialist country.

  • @sladetuner8661
    @sladetuner866124 күн бұрын

    socialism is one of venezuela's biggest issues

  • @alimodiri6165
    @alimodiri6165Ай бұрын

    It's complicated, but normally where British were involved, the divide and conquer rules. Seems like they want the bigger countries in smaller size.

  • @jasper9291

    @jasper9291

    Ай бұрын

    You can’t blame the British forever

  • @ahamedraseen4435
    @ahamedraseen44353 күн бұрын

    Where is bisan..

  • @rubenroa2523
    @rubenroa252329 күн бұрын

    Why is the ginebra agreement??

  • @jugadug
    @jugadugАй бұрын

    Guyana and Venezuela i get no one wants to lose terroitory my only idea is condominium region if nobody is gonna back down because of something better, but to honest the whole dispute i mean the brits were really bad a drawing lines and guyana while they been in dialogue for sometime to resolve hasn't been able and only reignited in a serious way after the oil discovery

  • @jermainesingh

    @jermainesingh

    Ай бұрын

    That line was the most peaceful line made in south America everyone fought for there's it would've been a full blown war and Venezuela would've lose more than that and the usa wouldn't help since British was and still is an alliance of usa, what I heard from radicals in Venezuela that Guyana have to fight for it like the rest of South America they trying to intimidate guyana like the brits did to them but either way they can't win Caz they now have both us and England ready to trash them

  • @shirleyramoutar1801
    @shirleyramoutar180129 күн бұрын

    Dont .let this Outlaw Bully .our .peaceful Guyana maduro go .to hel

  • @beresfordceto8227
    @beresfordceto8227Ай бұрын

    Greed

  • @kaikaitoutou
    @kaikaitoutou2 күн бұрын

    God knows who it belongs to

  • @OsirisMalkovich
    @OsirisMalkovichАй бұрын

    Its not stealing if youre already rich.

  • @tiredox3788
    @tiredox3788Ай бұрын

    I mean what the people there in that location think they should be with?

  • @user-sn7cg3nd6g

    @user-sn7cg3nd6g

    Ай бұрын

    Guyana because for over a century it was governed by Guyana. Everyone in that region speaks English and other native languages, but no one speaks Spanish, which greatly shows who owns the land.

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    Ай бұрын

    tiredox3788 this is what the people think, kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpaMlZt_ipbThJs.htmlsi=XrWLXb7fvT6Zuhst

  • @PK.Travel
    @PK.TravelАй бұрын

    Life ❤️

  • @sladetuner8661
    @sladetuner866124 күн бұрын

    South America issues are not rooted in colonialism

  • @nandhinisingh2514

    @nandhinisingh2514

    2 күн бұрын

    Are you dense? Guyana and Venezuela were colonized

  • @sladetuner8661

    @sladetuner8661

    2 күн бұрын

    The current issues

  • @nandhinisingh2514

    @nandhinisingh2514

    2 күн бұрын

    @@sladetuner8661 where do you think the current issue stems from

  • @sladetuner8661

    @sladetuner8661

    2 күн бұрын

    Bad policy’s

  • @nandhinisingh2514

    @nandhinisingh2514

    2 күн бұрын

    @@sladetuner8661 no dimwit, from Venezuela not accepting the way the Colonizers divided Eisiqubo

  • @Wooster77
    @Wooster774 күн бұрын

    Hes acting like the US now. I doubt Hugo Chavez would have done this.

  • @suntimes9465
    @suntimes9465Ай бұрын

    Ummm here comes the U.S to the rescue 😅

  • @cjwms7279
    @cjwms727920 күн бұрын

    VENEZUELA SHOULD INDUSTRIALIZE ESQUIBO.

  • @Jagdeo-s-HeadPolish
    @Jagdeo-s-HeadPolishАй бұрын

    Imagine a world where Venezuela long dropped its foolish claims, where She could have been our sister - economies joint and improved by trading, roads built to connect the two nations. We could have welcomed the children of our sister, they would mine and harvest and trade in the Essequibo without all this drama. Maduro has failed you, he used you in his quest for power. Now it will take generations before we forget how many times you stopped us from using the resources that would have strengthened us when we were weak. Imaginemos un mundo en el que Venezuela abandonó hace tiempo sus estúpidas pretensiones, en el que podría haber sido nuestra hermana: economías unidas y mejoradas mediante el comercio, carreteras construidas para conectar las dos naciones. Podríamos haber dado la bienvenida a los hijos de nuestra hermana, ellos explotarían, cosecharían y comerciarían en el Esequibo sin todo este drama. Maduro te ha fallado, te utilizó en su búsqueda de poder. Ahora pasarán generaciones antes de que olvidemos cuántas veces nos impidiste usar los recursos que nos habrían fortalecido cuando éramos débiles.

  • @jaredgalvin
    @jaredgalvinАй бұрын

    Essequbio should just become independent and become a country. I think its people would want that.

  • @savagetish5605

    @savagetish5605

    Ай бұрын

    Who told you so?Guyana have 10 region anď so shall it remain🇬🇾✊

  • @emptyhad2571

    @emptyhad2571

    Ай бұрын

    It can’t as it’s sparsely populated. Majority of the people that live there are closer to Guyana than Venezuela

  • @john-hk5pu

    @john-hk5pu

    Ай бұрын

    They are Guyanese and they already belong to an independent country. Venezuela is the one trying to change that.

  • @JohnNjengaCOCO
    @JohnNjengaCOCOАй бұрын

    Are you sure that territory belongs to Guyana? Because even Google maps shows the territory belonging to neither country.

  • @jayyy3456

    @jayyy3456

    Ай бұрын

    Read the 1899 Paris tribunal award Venezuela vs. British Guyana and the subsequent 1905 Border demarcation commission Venezuela and British Guyana.

  • @beth1321

    @beth1321

    Ай бұрын

    Which Guyana map? The one the Venezuelans drew?

  • @John-pz6nm
    @John-pz6nmАй бұрын

    The sole blame is United States of America

  • @amazonwarrior7126

    @amazonwarrior7126

    Ай бұрын

    you are a simpleton with not much of a brain, Greetings from Guyana

  • @user-oi2cw9qb2i
    @user-oi2cw9qb2i26 күн бұрын

    Essequibo belongs to Venezuela!

  • @rubenroa2523
    @rubenroa252329 күн бұрын

    Esequibo belongs to Venezuela 🇻🇪

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen123Ай бұрын

    Im on Venezuelas side

  • @aidenokok2585

    @aidenokok2585

    15 күн бұрын

    Trash

  • @user-oi2cw9qb2i
    @user-oi2cw9qb2i26 күн бұрын

    Essequibo belongs to Venezuela

  • @arsenalofdemocracy9985
    @arsenalofdemocracy9985Ай бұрын

    aj:how do we blame US for venezuelan imperialism

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