Guest Editorial: Victory in St Vincent stabroeknews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stabroeknews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
THE outcome of last Thursday’s historic meeting in St Vincent of the presidents of Guyana and Venezuela and regional leaders was significant, but caution should reside alongside hope.
Last week, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatened to annex nearly three-quarters of neighboring Guyana. One origin of the long-standing border dispute stems from a U.S. intervention more than a century ago, during which Washington was on the side of Venezuela not Guyana.
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