Maduro vote to claim Guyana's territory backfires as Venezuelans stay home – Repeating Islands
Luke Taylor (The Guardian) writes that turnout was minimal in vote on referendum intended to rubber-stamp Venezuela’s claim to Essequibo region. The government of Guyana has breathed a sigh of relief after a referendum intended to rubber-stamp Venezuela’s claim to about two-thirds of the tiny South American country’s territory appeared to have backfired. Nicolás Maduro…