Should Venezuela invade its oil-rich neighbor? Maduro will put it to a vote Sunday

Source: Miami Herald

Should Venezuela invade its oil-rich neighbor? Maduro will put it to a vote Sunday

Jacqueline Charles, Antonio Maria Delgado
Fri, December 1, 2023 at 5:30 AM EST·8 min read

Venezuelans going to the polls Sunday will be asked to answer an unusually provocative question:

Should their government be given a blank check to invade neighboring Guyana, and wrest away three-quarters of its oil-rich territory?

The government of Nicolás Maduro is putting the query before voters, part of a century-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that is raising tensions in the region and threatening to escalate into a shooting war.

The question will be on the ballot in a five-part referendum that, among other things, would grant Maduro special powers to invade Guyana and create a new Venezuelan state encompassing 74% of English-speaking Guyana’s current landmass. The new area would be called Guayana Esequiba.

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