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Venezuela to remap offshore oil, escalating tension with Guyana
BLOOMBERG – Venezuela will remap its Caribbean oil and gas prospects in a move that could further stoke a century-long border dispute with Guyana and collide with Exxon Mobil Corp.’s venture in the region, people with knowledge of the plan said. Continue reading
LIVE: President Trump addresses the nation on border security – Jan. 8, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday January 8, 2019 addressed the nation on the continuing government shutdown and the standoff with Democrats over funding for a border wall.
Jair Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued an executive order yesterday making the Agriculture Ministry responsible for deciding on lands claimed by indigenous peoples, in a victory for agribusiness that will likely enrage environmentalists.
The temporary decree, which will expire unless it is ratified within 120 days by Congress, strips power over land claim decisions from indigenous affairs agency FUNAI. It says the Agriculture Ministry will now be responsible for “identification, delimitation, demarcation and registration of lands traditionally occupied by indigenous people.” Continue reading
Guyana at Risk: Ethnic Politics, Oil, Venezuelan Opportunism and Why it Should Matter to Washington
Evan Ellis | Global Americans
On Friday, December 21st, as attention in Washington, D.C. shifted from the fight over the border wall and impending government shutdown to last-minute Christmas shopping, the government of Guyana, one of Latin America’s most overlooked strategically important countries, imploded.
Charrandas Persaud, a member of parliament (MP) with the Alliance for Change (AFC), the small centrist partner in the governing coalition, voted against his own party’s leadership in a no-confidence motion. This broke the government’s fragile 33-32 majority in the 65 seat National Assembly, setting the clock running for new national elections within 90 days.
Persaud’s defection set in motion far more than fresh elections and a likely change in government. Continue reading
Strongmen Have the Edge with Trump. Why Not Maduro?
Michael Shifter and David Toppelberg | The New York Times
Nicolás Maduro
WASHINGTON — Since President Trump took office almost 18 months ago, commentators have remarked on his apparent affinity for strongmen. As The Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman commented, “Trump […] seems to prefer dictators to our democratic allies everywhere.”
To be sure, this doesn’t mean that Mr. Trump can’t have acceptable working relations with democratic leaders, such as President Emmanuel Macron of France. But, in general terms, he seems more at ease with — and respectful of — authoritarian leaders such as the presidents Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and, of course, Vladimir Putin of Russia. In short, strongmen have the edge. Continue reading
Is Multi-Destination Tourism About To Become A Reality?
David Jessop
There are, however, signs that a product which has been talked about for many years is at last emerging: the multi-destination Caribbean vacation. Continue reading
Dr. Odeen Ishmael
By: Dr. Odeen Ishmael, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Continue reading
“Venezuela’s Aggression Towards Guyana” – By Joseph G Singh, Major General (retd)
“Venezuela’s Aggression Towards Guyana” – By Joseph G Singh, Major General (retd)
This is a Power Point presentation titled: “Venezuela’s Aggression Towards Guyana”, first presented in January 2019 at the Critchlow Labour College in Georgetown, Guyana.
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