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Venezuela’s socialist regime approved a law on Thursday to “formally” create a new state out of two-thirds of neighboring Guyana, annexing the historically contested Essequibo territory.“Organic Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba,” established the purported creation of a new state for Venezuela calledthat will allegedly consist of the Essequibo, a 61,600-square-mile territory that Guyana currently administers and which represents approximately two-thirds of its entire territory.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a speech during the closing campaign on Venezuela Referendum on disputed territory with Guyana in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 1, 2023. In 1899, an arbitration process was held in Paris that established the current borders of both countries, granting control of the Essequibo to Guyana. Venezuela has historically contested the Paris ruling as fraudulent at the United Nations, leading to another agreement, signed in Geneva in 1966, that gave control of the Essequibo to Guyana until a permanent solution to the dispute was found.
The law also imposes several sanctions on those who do not “support” Venezuela’s territorial claims or sign contracts with Guyana.that those who “publicly favor the position” of Guyana will be penalized with a complete ban from running or holding any public office position.
Top socialist regime strongman and suspected drug lord Diosdado Cabello celebrated the law’s approval by claiming that it “vindicates the right of the Venezuelan people to defend our territory with an approved law.”
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