RI DaSēr K"While Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks to a real concern impacting the Guyanese people – the external capture of governance in the country by ExxonMobil and US Southern Command (Westervelt 2023) – Maduro’s statement shows a real disregard for #Guyana and Guyanese people while amplifying a rightist tendency in Venezuelan politics that historically aimed to cement Venezuelan nationalism under the guise of anti-communist security objectives. +
"Maduro is not standing with Guyanese workers or Amerindian peoples in Essequibo. In fact, Venezuela has not consulted these communities in its annexation push at all (Clash! Collective 2023). No amount of “left” proselytizing by Venezuela changes this fact."
"Guyana and Venezuela: The Crisis of Imperialism Currently Unfolding on South America's Caribbean Coast"
https://www.blackagendareport.org/news/1763/33/Guyana-and-Venezuela-The-Crisis-of-Imperialism-Currently-Unfolding-on-South-Americas-Caribbean-Coast