Saber-rattling and high stakes in Guyana’s geopolitical neighborhood
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On January 7, 2021 one day after insurrectionist rumblings shook Washington, D.C. Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro engaged in some saber-rattling of his own with the issuing of Decree No. 4.415, which claimed exclusive Venezuelan sovereignty over the waters and seabed off of Guyana’s coast, west of the Essequibo River. Maduro’s decree created a strategic zone called the “Territory for the Development of the Atlantic Façade,” which extends 200 nautical miles from the Orinoco Delta into the Caribbean Sea.
According to President Maduro, the establishment of this zone represents a “part of the battery of legal, diplomatic, political and State actions to defend our sacred rights of 200 years of the Republic.” The decree provides for a single authority to manage all aspects of the “strategic area.” It has a Board of Directors with r
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Mamoo says:
Thanks for putting a human face to all of this, yes I read the article on his drowning. I was praying about the sixth day that sea would give up his body. So finding his body for me was an answer to prayer. I am truly happy at this end so that his grieving family can get closure. Six days is a long time….
The sad reality is that the sea is tumultuous at certain times of the month and rip tides abound strong swimmer or not. Especially in some beach areas where holes can be found (Mayaro beach comes to mind). I practice self preservation when it comes to the sea. I was at Las Cuevas when a wave emerged out of nowhere and took me up and slammed my head into the sand busting it.
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