Originally Posted by Sunil:
On March 2005, Chavez also took the position that the border issue was the result of an “imperialist” legacy, and at the same time expanded economic and political cooperation with Guyana. On his nationally televised program, Aló Presidente, he stated for the first time that the United States intended to use Venezuela in 1962 to overthrow Cheddi Jagan, allegedly “out of fear that Guyana could become a communist government along the lines of Cuba.”
This statement induced attacked from his political opponents who accused him of agreeing with the Guyana government’s position that the border issue was stirred up through connivance between the American and Venezuelan governments in 1962 with the aim of destabilizing the socialist government of Cheddi Jagan in Guyana.
Guyana wants Judicial Settlement of the Border Issue with Venezuela
April 2, 2015, by · in Publications, By: Dr. Odeen Ishmael, Ambassador Emeritus and historian who served as Guyana’s ambassador to Venezuela from 2003 to 2011. Currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.
While a prolonged one, it should be definitely resolved between the countries.
Brazil has shown strong support for Guyana,