Venezuela doesn't have a friend when it comes to their "disputed" border with Guyana.
Caricom supports Guyana on the issue of El Essequibo
July 9, 2018
Betsy Alvarado V. / July 9, 2018.- The 15 countries that make up the Caribbean Community (Caricom) reiterated their support for the Government of Guyana in its fight against Venezuela for the Essequibo territory.
"The Heads of Government reiterated their firm and unwavering support for the maintenance and preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana," the organization said in a statement on the summary of the agreements that emerged during the 39th Ordinary Meeting of Heads of State of the Caricom that was carried out in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Essequibo region is under UN-mediation since 1966, when the Geneva Agreement was signed. Both countries agreed, through this document, to seek solutions to the dispute after Venezuela denounced in 1962 an arbitration award issued in 1899 by a court in Paris that set common limits and that for Guyana is still in force.
The disputed region, under the sovereignty of Georgetown at present, covers an area of about 160,000 square kilometers, which accounts for three quarters of the territory of Guyana. The controversy has worsened in recent years after the US company Exxon Mobil has discovered several oil fields in the waters of the area in dispute.
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http://www.noticierodigital.com/2018/07/caricom-reitera-apoyo-guyana-disputa-venezuela-esequibo/
Backstory: The Essequibo region is the go-to crisis for every desperate Venezuelan despot since 1899. The minute things get really thick in Caracas, the current dictator-in-chief decides its about time to start reclaiming "that which belongs to the Fatherland!" Currently, the Guyanese border is guarded by about 8 guys who play dominoes and drink rum for 4 hours each day (the other 4 hours they work in the local military Credit Union). Guyana might have some rifles, but their army has equipment that dates back to 1966 and at best is used for flower planters.
Regardless, the only people who dispute the Venezuela border is Venezuela.