Imperial Ambition : Venezuela's Threat to Guyana / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guyana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Guyana--Foreign relations--Venezuela.

Guyana.

Venezuela--Foreign relations--Guyana.

Venezuela.

Guyana--Politics and government--1966-.

Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-.

Venezuela--Politics and government--1974-1999.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hertford, Herts : Hansib, [2021]

Summary:

This booklet is in furtherance of Guyana's defence of its sovereignty. It elaborates the themes to which the President spoke when marking the self-determination of the people of Guyana fifty-five years ago. On the 50th Anniversary of Guyana's Independence in 2016, its Government issued the publication, The New Conquistadors: The Venezuelan Challenge to Guyana's Sovereignty. In this successor publication, the mask of the conquistador is stripped off, revealing the naked visage of Venezuelan imperialism and its ambition to possess two-thirds of Guyana. This booklet is in two parts: Part I, updating The New Conquistadors and Part II enlarging its coverage into the phase of more active United Nations involvement and that of the International Court of Justice. Its purpose is to inform the people of Guyana, the Caribbean region and the international community more widely of the shameful imperial quest that drives the Venezuelan threat to Guyana. The photograph on the front cover is of the prow of Mt. Roraima on whose historic summit the boundaries of Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil intersect the 'tri-junction point'. That 'boundary point' was formally marked with a monument in 1931 by an official Mixed Commission of the three countries. It was the commencement of the demarcation of the Guyana-Brazil boundary on the Guyana- Venezuela boundary line. Mt. Roraima is a reminder for all time and to all people of Venezuela s eastern border. Guyana's sun sets there on Mt. Roraima and always will.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Part I

A Shameful Quest

Self-determination

The Treaty of Washington, 1897

The Arbitral Tribunal

Venezuela applauds the Award

Demarcation of the Boundary

Venezuela protects the Boundary

The Tri-Junction Point

Venezuelan greed revived

The Mallet-Prevost stratagem

The 'Cold War' dimension

The 'David and Goliath' torment

The Geneva Agreement, 1966

Fifty years of Venezuelan 'filibuster'

Destroying International Agreements

The Sanctity of Treaties

Rogue States

Part II

A clear path to 'judicial settlement'

S.G. Ban Ki-moon's 'Way Forward'

Four Secretaries-General

Guyana's Full Cooperation

Venezuelan Militarism Paramount

Venezuela rejects 'Confidence Building'

Bilateral Meetings Falter

The Meaning of 'Significant Progress'

"Moving Forward"

The Secretary-General 'chooses'

Oral Hearing on 30 June 2020

The Court's Jurisdiction

Venezuela's Outrage

We are not Alone

Venezuela's Opposition to Legal Process

The 'Justice' of the 1899 Award

The Cleveland Commission

The 'Paris' Tribunal

A Unanimous Decision

Venezuelan 'Injustice'

'Justice' twice fulfilled.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781912662456

1912662450

OCLC:

1391441199