Essequibo: Maduro commits to building 120 houses in the territory in dispute with Guyana

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Madurocommitted this Thursday to building 120 houses in Essequibothe territory of around 160 thousand square kilometers in dispute with Guyana and while awaiting the opinion of the International Court of Justice (CIJ), which mediates the controversy.

As announced by the president through the state television channel VTV, they will be built “120 new homes in Saint Martin of TurumbangAt the limit of Cuyuni River, for the Esequibano-Venezuelan people, their dignified home. arrives Great Housing Mission The Guyana Essequiba”-.

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Venezuela held a referendum last Sunday in which, according to official data, more than 90% of voters supported the annexation of Essequibo for the Caribbean country, so the Government decided to take measures based on “popular mandate”, and begin administrative work to annex the territory and convert it into a Venezuelan state.

The region will be governed remotely from the Venezuelan city of Tumeremoin the State Bolivarby a governor appointed by the head of state until elections are held in the area and will have regional and national legislative representation, conditioned by the current state of the dispute, with Georgetown controlling the territory.

The disputed territory, which Maduro – who did not specify when he intends to build the houses – calls “Venezuelan state Guayana Esequiba“, also provides for the concession”immediately”licenses for oil exploration, an activity that is already carried out Guyana.

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Venezuela’s actions have been criticized by several national opposition leaders, as well as by non-governmental organizations and other social sectors who, although they consider Essequibo to belong to the Caribbean country, are committed to ICJ to resolve the dispute, an organization that chavismo dismissal

Furthermore, South American countries urged Venezuela and Guyana to avoid “unilateral actions“, amid growing tension between the two nations around Essequibo, as stated in a statement released at the end of the biannual summit of the Mercosur (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay It is Paraguay), celebrated in Rio de Janeirowhich was also signed by Pepper, Colombia, Ecuador It is Peru.

Source: Elcomercio

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