Guyana wants to develop its enormous offshore oil deposits in disputed waters, which requires having a reliable partner that can defend them from Venezuelan claims, while Venezuela fears that Guyana’s chosen US partner intends to exploit this pretext to unleash myriad hybrid threats against it.
I smell American Big Oil big time here. If the Guyanans and Venezuelans were left to their own devices, they could probably come up with some mutually beneficial arrangement.
They're not, of course. The US Empire wants to use Guyana to punish Venezuela for its defiance. The well-being of Guyanans has absolutely nothing to do with it.
I smell American Big Oil big time here. If the Guyanans and Venezuelans were left to their own devices, they could probably come up with some mutually beneficial arrangement.
They're not, of course. The US Empire wants to use Guyana to punish Venezuela for its defiance. The well-being of Guyanans has absolutely nothing to do with it.