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Canada’s ties to Venezuela hanging by a thread as clash escalates

(CBC) Relations between Canada and Venezuela took a sudden plunge today as Ottawa appeared to reject an ultimatum issued by President Nicolas Maduro on the eve of his second inauguration. The dispute began with a letter sent by the Lima...

Lima Group won’t recognize Maduro regime; calls on Venezuela to desist from violating sovereign rights of neighbours

The Lima Group says it has no intention of recognizing the new Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela and called on the South American country to desist from violating the sovereign rights of its neighbours. In a joint statement issued on...

Venezuela urged to back off as Guyana vows to continue offshore exploration, development

Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge, said on Thursday that the oil-rich South American country has no intention of slowing down offshore exploration and development activities and reiterated that companies operating in the Stabroek Block will continue to execute their...

Venezuela made “reckless attempt” to land chopper on ExxonMobil survey vessel – Guyana Foreign Minister

In what is being described as a reckless and illegal act, Foreign Minister of Guyana, Carl Greenidge, disclosed on Thursday that the Venezuelan navy attempted to land a chopper on a survey vessel contracted by US oil major ExxonMobil,...

Venezuela oil exports slump to a 28-year low

Venezuela, once Latin America’s largest oil exporter, ended 2018 with a whimper as overseas sales dropped to the lowest in nearly three decades, Bloomberg said in a January 2 report. Home to the world’s biggest crude reserves, the country exported...

“Not a squeak from CARICOM” on Venezuela’s latest threat to Guyana’s sovereignty – Persaud

Almost three days after Venezuela’s navy intercepted a survey vessel contracted to ExxonMobil operating in the western portion of Guyana’s Stabroek Block, the 15-member CARICOM body of which Guyana is a founder-member, is yet to issue a statement on...

US says Guyana has sovereign right to explore resources offshore as country files complaint with UN

The United States Department of State on Sunday said through its Deputy Spokesperson, Robert Palladino, that the South American country of Guyana has the sovereign right to explore resources off its coastline. The statement comes in response to what Guyana has...

Guyana plans to lodge complaint with UN over ‘illegal, hostile interception’ of ExxonMobil vessel by Venezuelan navy

Guyana said on Saturday evening that it will be lodging a formal complaint with the United Nations over what it described as an “illegal, aggressive and hostile act” perpetrated by the Government of Venezuela which saw the interception of...

Seismic activity believed to have triggered oil spill in T&T

News outlets from Trinidad and Tobago are reporting that there has been an oil spill which has occurred in the Gulf of Paria, said to be off Plat­form 9 at the Sol­da­do North Fields in South­west Trinidad. Reports say that...

Defending territory is important to protect oil wealth

It was disclosed by Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, on Thursday that the Government has spent US$3.7M in 2018 to fight Guyana’s border case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “This business at the ICJ is a...

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Suriname mourns former President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, dead at 67

Former Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi has died at the age of 67. According to Waterkant News, an ambulance was called...