According to Venezuela’s El Universal, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro reasserted that the state regards as

“null and void” the Paris Arbitration Award; hence, in 1966, the Geneva Agreement was signed in Switzerland by England, Guyana, and Venezuela to settle the territorial matter.

Even if as the Venezuelans claimed, they would stick with the Geneva agreement of 1966 where England, Guyana, and Venezuela was called to settle the territorial matter, this does not give the Venezuelans any rights to the Guyana Terrorities. As no one agrees to that.

The agreement says settle peacefully, and that can mean quite a few other things. One of which Guyana opted for a settlement by keeping all their lands. Put that to a vote and Guyana and the British will be on one side, and only Venezuela will be on the other side.

Madhuro should understand that the British will sides with Guyana, and they are on their own.

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I found this while surfing the net,cant i post a copy here ???,

it is an interesting piece written Oct 2002

President Granger won this one hands down! Maduro was put in his place...

You can link it. If you want the actual text, let me know.

Thank's i got it.

Venezuela rejecting the US position is music to Guyana's ear.  US was a key ally to Venezuela in this conflict, the UK and Russia were the original backers of this arbitration in 1899.  Russia may be a Venezuela ally today, but they are a signatory to the 1899 treaty, so Guyana wins.  Granger should now push to seal the deal and force Venezuela to acquiesce and to remove from their constitution and stop teaching in their school that it's their territory and to remove it from their map.

Putin's Russia is light years away from Czarist Russia of 1899. Putin is a child of communist Russia, a KGB man in communist Russia, and a sort of Stalinist autocrat today.

Putin maintains close relations with leftist Cuba and Venezuela. The Cuban newspaper Granma recently published a Venezuelan map that includes Essequibo.

Putin will not openly support the 1899 treaty because Venezuela considers it null and void. Putin will support Maduro's stance that the 1966 Geneva Agreement is the operative document.

The UK getting these territories was a trade for Russia getting the Caucasus, so it's as relevant today as it was in 1899.

What's your source, base? I'm doing a check but can't find anything along that line.

RE: The 1899 Arbitration Tribunal

After the US and Britain had nominated their arbitrators, Britain proposed that the disputing parties agree on the presiding fifth arbitrator. There were delays in discussing this, and in the interim De Martens was among the names of international jurists suggested by the US. De Martens was then chosen by Venezuela from a shortlist of names submitted by Britain. The Panel of Arbitration thus consisted of:

1. Melville Weston Fuller (Chief Justice of the United States)
2. David Josiah Brewer (Member of the US Supreme Court)
3. Sir Richard Henn Collins (Lord Justice of Appeal)
4. Lord Herschell (former Lord Chancellor), replaced upon his death by Charles Russell (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales)
5. Frédéric de Martens (Russian diplomat and jurist)[Suggested by UK and chosen by Venezuela]
     SOURCE: Wikipedia

I know someone on this BB who had dem guys as school mates.

Bai, your pun is as recognizable as an unclothed punani.

HAHAHA!!!!   One for the books. Kari has to grab this.