oil and natural gas, since the communists have ruined Venezuala’s oil industry.
OIL$$$$
Maduro is just trying to distract his people with a war so they don’t rise up and kill him like he deserves.
This won’t end well for Venezuela if they make good on this threat.
Huge amounts of oil discovered. Guyana signs lucrative deal with Exxon. Suddenly Venezuela discovers the land is really theirs.
Simple. MONEY.
Though a different type of crude, Venezuela has greater oil reserves than any country.
Venezuela has far less excuse for an invasion of Guyana than Russia had with Ukraine, yet we are sanctioning Russia and have de-sanctioned Venezuela.
Because the claims of Spanish colonialists trump the claims of British colonialists?
No Venezuelans live in the Essequibo, or have ever lived there.
While a referendum in Venezuela showed almost unanimous support for annexing the territories, they did not hold or consider a referendum in Guyana, or even the Essequibo district. What do the “Essequibans” want? Who cares. But I suspect they would not choose rule by Caracas. Heck, seven million Venezuelans have fled rule by Caracas.
Who’s around to stop them?
Do they want to create a cult camp and drink poison kool-aid?
Go for it.