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Venezuela Launches 5,000+ Troop Exercise In Response To UK Warship's Approach
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/venezuela-launches-5000-troop-exercise-response-uk-warships-approach


--- Quote ---Just on the heels of the recent panic over the risk of a Venezuela invasion of its neighbor Guyana, fears which finally subsided over a week ago upon a mutual pact pledging that both would avoid direct conflict, the UK sent a warship to patrol off Venezuela's coast.

Britain previously said it would dispatch the HMS Trent near Guyana by December's end as a significant show of support for the government in Guyana’s capital Georgetown, on concerns Nicolás Maduro would make moves to claim the vast, mineral-rich Essequibo region, which borders his country but has been part of Guyana - a member of the British Commonwealth and the only English-speaking nation in South America - for more than a century.

A December 14 report in The Guardian suggested tensions were cooling fast: "The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised in a tense meeting that neither side would use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals that has concerned many in the region," the publication said at the time. But on Thursday's there's been a new shocking development reversing this hoped-for state of 'cooler heads prevailing' and which raises the potential for the UK and Venezuela to directly clash in Caribbean waters.
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Could Venezuela invade Guyana?


--- Quote ---The border dispute has been a source of tension and disagreements going all the way back to the 19th century, but Maduro recently sponsored a referendum on whether his government should use force to finally resolve it. He then provocatively announced that 95% of Venezuelan citizens voted in favor of a forced annexation. This drew quick condemnation from Caracas' longtime enemies the US and Britain.

On Wednesday Venezuelan forces were placed on a 'high state of alert' following the reports of the British warship moving toward the coast.

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López issued a blistering warning on X in response to HMS Trent's presence. "A warship in waters yet to be demarcated?" he said.
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