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Tensions have been rising between Guyana and Venezuela after Venezuela voted to annex the Essequibo region in a referendum. Could the long-standing border dispute escalate into a war?
Neither Venezuela nor Guyana have militaries that are ready for a full-scale war – but that may not stop Nicolás Maduro from manufacturing a crisis.
Venezuela’s ruling Marxists are using some time-honored tricks to give their economically battered regime an edge for next year’s presidential elections. In a classic political mobilization tactic, President Nicolas Maduro held a “referendum” to ask his citizens what the future status should be for a mineral-rich but disputed region of a neighboring country, namely Guyana.
The long-running dispute over Essequibo, which comprises some two-thirds of Guyanese territory, has intensified since ExxonMobil discovered oil there in 2015.
The move follows an escalation over the highly contested Essequibo region