“There are those in the Brazilian government who believe that the US is right,” the former lawmaker said, criticizing the actions of foreign groups, particularly in the Amazon.
Aldo Rebelo
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247 Former minister and former MP Aldo Rebelo, critical of the actions of foreign groups, especially in the Amazon, commented this Sunday (24) on information that the United States intends to resolve the territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region militarize and thereby create a military base in this oilrich area.
“This is it: The US intends to build a military base to ensure its companies’ exploration of Guyana’s oil, but they say Brazil’s oil exploration in the Amazon threatens the planet. There are those in the Brazilian government who believe that the US is right,” said Aldo Rebelo, who defends oil exploration on the equator’s edge.
For more than 100 years, Venezuela and Guyana, a former British colony and now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, fought over the oilrich Essequibo region.
In 1966, the two countries signed the Geneva Convention to find a peaceful solution, but in 2018 Guyana filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice demanding legal recognition of the Paris Arbitration Court’s 1899 decision declaring the territory to the Land was awarded to Guyana.
The 1966 Geneva Convention was registered with the United Nations and governs border disputes between Venezuela and British Guiana and establishes measures to resolve the dispute, but none of the interim protocols have been ratified by Caracas.
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Venezuela has been suggesting that Guyana enter into direct negotiations since 1983, although Guyana prefers to reach a solution through the UN General Assembly, the Security Council or the International Court of Justice. (*With information from Sputnik)