Why Venezuela wants to invade Guyana
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South America is teetering on the edge of an armed conflict. #Venezuela argues that the #Esequibo region of #Guyana was unlawfully taken when the border was established over a century ago.
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Sorry to be a pedant, but the Falklands war was a territorial conflict in South America within the past 75 years
Love your channel, thanks.
Western biased you need to reduce.
You mean to say people will not care about the national boarders instead more about presidents that change every few years, stop challenging the facts in western biased way,also the sources of the info is important.
If you are not biased will the people of Azerbaijan care more about the country borders or more about the current president that changes every few years, only a little over ten million venezuelan people came for the vote so you are not using common sense.
Also Venezuela complains about the u.s destabilizing cia acts among others.
I'm from Guyana and thank you for making this video! ❤🇬🇾
imagine being so bad at ruling the country that you, despite having THE largest oil reserves, have to invade your neighbors to take away their oil
Learning from Good ol' USA despite having Massive reserve Amount of Oil Still invades Middle East
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No need to imagine. Just look what happened with Soviet Union and what Russia is currently doing.
the difference is that USA actually uses the oil, in venezuela oil is cheaper than water@@PerryKobalt
Venezuelan oil is harder and expensive to refine than Saudi oil. Not that leftist policies, authoritarianism and an invasion would help.
Well, logic is simple. If you take yours neighbor oil, then other countries will have to buy oil from you and not your neighbor.
Wait wait wait... a big oil rich country run by a dictator, threatening to invade another smaller oil rich country nearby... I have seen this one before, it's a 90's classic!
"Whats a rerun?"
Both dictators even have similar moustaches!
despite his country having more oil than Saudi Arabia but because of his idiocy and sanctions he cannot buy equipment to
get that oil
Operation Jungle Storm?
Iraq?
"Put America and oil together and u will get combustible reaction" dang😂 as always, best closing statement.
Russia only wants Ukraine for all the precious minerals that are on the Western part of the country it's not really about unification with Ukraine it's more like capture the land that has all the Oil aswell especially in the Eastern part of the country.
China wants Taiwan not for reunification purposes but for the oilfield surrounding the island of Taiwan.
So it's no surprise that there's always a reason for invasion and taking your neighbor's Land by force it's because there's a lot of resources there and you got to steal it from your neighbor.
lol
US: "Nah, I heard oil... THAT SHIT MINE!"
Guilt based control mechanism operational
While their carrier is going fullspeed into an island xd
I lived in northern Brazil for almost 20 years, about two hours away from Santa Elena in Venezuela, and an hour away from Lethem in Guyana. In the early 2000s Venezuela was the place Brazilians would go to buy cheap (almost free) gas, food in bulk and even electronics for a fraction of the price being charged in Brazil. People would drive to Margarita to spend their holidays in the Caribbean and Venezuela used to be a “nice” place to visit. Guyana, on the other hand, was hardly on the map. Lethem, the border town, didn’t even have paved roads, their stores would sell mostly very cheap, plasticky Chinese products. I even saw goats on the roads multiple times. I kid you not.
With time, Venezuela started deteriorating and instead of Brazilians going there to shop, they would go to Brazil to buy food and even gas. Lethem paved its roads, their stores grew larger and started selling better products, attracting more consumers and even people from further Brazilian states like Amazonas. In the meantime, tens of thousands of Venezuelan refugees flooded the streets of Boa Vista, the largest Brazilian city close to their border. Last time I checked the city went from 250k people to about 400k in the span of a few years, a very large of those living in government funded shelters and even on the streets. Criminality went up, public hospitals which used to work well, started seeing massive backlogs, the educational system became stressed and the sentiment towards Venezuelans started to sour. There’s a lot more to the story, of course, but the main reason for my comment is to emphasize how Venezuela and their socialist/populist governments managed to destroy what used to be a fairly decent place to live. There’s no annexing and discovery of oil that could make up for a complete lack of competence at management.
Interesting insight, thank you for sharing!
Same happening here in Colombia. Millions of Venezuelans living off Colombians taxes. Now we have a New comunist idiot president and future looks bad... lets not forget all this problem started in Cuba propaganda.
You love to tell half truths. Why dont you talk about AMERICAN SANCTIONS? European banks froze BILLIONS OF VENEZUELAN MONEY. England refuses to give Venezuela back its GOLD worth over US$ 1 billion. Yet, Venezuela is recovering and returning to normal. Little by little...
American sanctions had nothing to do with this of course 😂
@@CraigTheBrute-yf7no US don't care about the region and sanctions are very much useless i.e. Cuba and Venezuela.
Why gringos only care about middle east? Military intervention is needed instead of walls.
Creating external conflict to distract from internal conflict. The everlasting classic.
Fuck socialism, but the US is the Master of this political move
Scapegoats. Classic indeed.
I think it's more a case of a socialist government has run out of people to steal from, so they steal from there neighbours.
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One important thing to note is that Guyana’s oil is ‘light, sweet’ crude, which means that it is relatively easy to extract and contains a disproportionately large amount of the most valuable fractions-those which are used to make gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel, for example. Venezuela’s oil is quite ‘heavy’ (some call it ‘extra-heavy’)-it’s generally much harder to extract due to its relative density-and ‘sour’ (meaning high in sulfur content) by international standards. Oil like theirs requires much more refining time in Fluid Catalytic Cracking and Hydrodesulfurization units to produce the most valuable distillates. It is much harder for their oil to compete in the areas of highest demand as a result.
There are still good uses for their oil, particularly for a developing nation, as asphalt is made from heavy oil and sulfur is needed for fertilizer production. It is simply not as profitable as others. For a petrostate like Venezuela, where oil counts for more than 90 percent of exports and more than half of fiscal revenue, every bit of margin matters greatly.
Violence is never the answer for issues like this, but I can see why Venezuela’s government would be in distress at the moment. They get hit with years of unrest and hyperinflation (not to mention the pandemic) only to have to deal with their main source of income being threatened right as things seem to calm down. I do not envy them.
The US has a lot of capacity to handle Heavy Sour Crude, since refineries were expanded in the Gulf Coast back when Venezuela was producing a lot of oil. The price of crude oil adjusts to reflect yields and cost of refining, so it isn't necessarily true that Heavy Sour crude refining will be less profitable. But with Venezuelan production down, and an embargo on Russian crude oil that was being imported because it was heavy and sour, those refineries won't have a competitive advantage over refineries optimized for light sweet crude.
@@richdobbs6595 exactly. . . Who has the capacity to handle Venezuelan oil? Say it again? Meanwhile, Venezuela's major economic partner with the demand for oil (China) just found out it can import from next door but at a lower cost of refining. . . .Not looking good for Venezuela.
I remember Grandpa talking a bit about that, and was also lamenting how fast the equipment was deteriorating since they were pulling money needed to maintain it for other projects. Grandpa worked for Haliburton (BC Haliburton, "Before Cheney") all his life, God rest his soul, always said we were wasting time, money and men playing in the Middle East when we should be focusing on our own backyard.
@lordfrostwind3151 the middle east oil was always more about our allies sake than our own tbf
Very informative about the oil production.
However, Venezuela was not just "hit" by hyperinflation.
'When there is no more to plunder from your own people, go and see what the neighbors have...'
Invading would be like taking sms-loans to fix your broken economy. Works for like 5 seconds, then you have more problems than before.
And then when you try to take it, the really big guy with muscles thick as trees that had investments in the loans comes to break your legs.
Yes, but maybe it will work this time 🙃
@@connormclernon26 You mean big obese guy stretched thin between Japan-Korea, Taiwan, Izrael and Ukraine? Who is likely to have civil war within Texas due to inability to stop mass illegal immigration? That guy who could not give more then $700 per household of his own citizens affected by fire in Hawaii? Well, that guy is likely to just show off and protest with really scary words. :)
It's not about fixing it, it's about avoiding further deterioration. It matters less that Venezuela has it than that their competitor doesn't. Also Guyana's oil is cheaper to process than Venezuela's oil. The latter has 'heavy' and 'sour' oil, which basically means it requires much more extensive processing to be usable for anything beyond asphalt. Guyana's oil is cheaper to work with. Prior to this move, it was actually going to be Exxon that was expected to profit the most from their reserves.
Venezuelan here. The sentiment around my circle and what most of the opposition thinks is that this is way kore abojt gaining political points than any benefit from the oil. As stated in the video, the governments capacity to run the oil i distry is laughable, so there is little to gain by increasing oil reserves. What is a big possibility is declaring a state of emergency or war in order to gain the political power to stop this year's elections, which is what I personally think is the true goal behind all this since launching a full scale invasion that has no chance of succeding wojld very much sour the military against the government.
It always sucks for a clowney government to have a neighbour succeed, since people will ask why they can't have the same. We see Russia not willing to accept Ukraine turning towards more western values, as the russian gov is afraid of the outcome. We see China not willing to have Taiwan a separate country, as it threatens the CCP's whole argument that the CCP is the only way chinese people can be governed.
@@StuermischeTage makes sense, a dictator cannot tolerate the success of non dictatorship regimes
Than you people should stop voting this guy and try to get yourself a new governmant
I want to point a couple errors in the video, the Georgetown colony was Dutch, and the British bought it after Venezuelan independence.
at least, this time didn't forget to mention that the arbitration was rigged by the US and Britain, and one of the judges confessed so by writing before dying.
@@martindione386 that wasn’t a judge. The claims is by a Venezuelan lawyer a note taker of the Venezuelan lawyers and someone who received the national award of Venezuela before he made his claims and only wanted to be released after death? What was he afraid of? Venezuelan are brainwashed and don’t know history.
Georgetown was not bought. It was won in a war from the Dutch. You people really are brainwashed.
He wasn't a judge he was a junior lawyer nice try @@martindione386
@@martindione386uhh this “rigged” claim was made by a Venezuelan junior attorney not by an arbitral judge! And it was raised 60 years after the settlement of the dispute in the early 1960s. The case is currently before the ICJ put there by the UN sec general but the Venezuelans are objecting to the court deciding the outcome; Why do you think the Venezuelans don’t want the matter to be resolved before the ICJ? They know they have no case or any argument that will hold up in court and they will lose!
Love how Venezuela just claims part of Surinam's Exclusive Maritime Zone just the same.
Something something Dutch disease...
Somehow Venezuela's claim isn't even close to what would happen IF Esequibo was part of Venezuela. They stretched it reeeeaaaaly far east of what it would be.
Venezuela have a maritime zone that reaches jamaica lol self recognition too those mf is crazy lol
You’ve forgotten all the island airports nearby that could be used by the US Air Force as bases. Flying out of Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands would be even easier than a carrier. And sinking whatever landing ships Venezuela puts together would be trivial. In fact, defending against a Venezuelan invasion wouldn’t even require the USAF. It could be done by the US Coast Guard.
The us has bases in several independent caribbean countries nearby also. They are also pretty friendly with colombia.
They fixed that in the recent patch, you can't do naval strike with land-based aircraft.
most USAF aircraft have the range to perform strike missions from the mainland, not even a need for forward operating positions that are theoretically within the shorter missile ranges of the venezualan forces
Also the united kingdom is supposed to come to their defense. They are a member of the commonwealth
So says the armchair general.
I really enjoyed this NordVPN video, sponsored by Venezula's planned annexaion of Guyana
🤣 Those damn annexation ads interrupting our NordVPN
14:10 What makes the economically collapsed Venezuela think that it would gain the diplomatic or military support of Russia while it is engaging a war in Ukraine and relying its economy heavily on the PRC?
Exactly. Russia couldn't even help out their 'Allies' Armenia, right next door...
Don't tell anyone, - But I suspect Maduro's not that Bright.
Sadly it's a common problem among far too many world leaders.
@@johnriddington9514Armenia's basically gonna go extinct just because Russia was afraid of helping them with Azerbaijan.
You completely misunderstood, he said Russia could lobby Venezuela to nudged it into war since Russia would gain from a US splitting its resources into another conflict, it never said Russia would support Venezuela militarily.
Russia wouldn't send him military support, nor would they expect that. It would support them diplomatically, including by ensuring that any US response does not have international legitimacy as it won't be authorized by the UNSC. It would go down as yet another unilateral US intervention into other countries matters. And in Latin America no less, where it's very unpopular.
I have a feeling for Maduro this would end up being more akin to what happened with Galtieri in Argentina who invaded the Falklands to give himself a political boost. Might seem like a good idea initially, but invasions are infinitely more difficult than they look on paper.
Invasions seem easy until you run into an aircraft carrier...
@@BoxStudioExecutive america lost to afghanistan how the hell can we beat venezuela
@@perrierthomas9507 America didn't lose to Afghanistan. Maybe you missed the part where it took about two months to overthrow the Afghan government?
@@BoxStudioExecutive we lost to freaking iraq too and we are on the brink of a civil war with trump vs biden, man america sucks i want to move to canada
@@BoxStudioExecutive You thinking it's not too late for America to win in Afghanistan is silly of course but wait until you meet all the people who are still rooting for Carthage to beat Rome right? You guys would all totally hit it off. If nothing else your way over the top dedicated fandom is admirable.
My god, CaspianReport is easily on my Top 5 TH-cam channels of all time. This is S+ tier content, keep it up Shirvan!
Really is. This channel is a gem.
Western propaganda.
Sooo Venezuela’s issue is that they so horrifically mismanaged their economy and nationalized oil rigs that they literally reached a point where they could not afford to operate some of them. Would taking *more* oil rigs from other countries even help?
for a while, I guess. Then you need to invade another country. Reminds me of a certain Austrian painter who had to annex other countries to pay for his MEFO-bills... His friends ended up fleeing to South America in the end, so I guess it checks out.
@@Barwasser The Treaty of Versailles and its reparation demands screwed Germany. If it wasn't the Austrian painter, eventually it would have been someone else. Oddly enough, a damn Treaty made WW2 inevitable.
@@tsubadaikhan6332 The burden of Versailes is exaggerated and Germany didn't even pay it, before the Austrian painter started his war of the destruction of Europe, which is the good thing that came out of all of that.
@@tsubadaikhan6332 how about not declaring a world war? Silly bastards
Both horribly mismanaged mixed with super duper hyper inflation means they probably can’t get all the trucks full of basically worthless money to the people who work the oil rigs.
Venezuela hasn't been able to develop their own oil reserves, or even keep their petroleum infrastructure in working condition since Chavez fired the people who knew how to keep all of it running, and drove them out of the country. Oilfield development companies will only deal with them on a cash basis due to their history of nationalizing petroleum infrastructure. Even if Venezuela did take over the Esequibo region, the likelihood they would be able to develop the petroleum reserves is virtually nil.
Do you have sources on which "oil people" Chavez drove out of the country? You mean foreign oil companies?
It's not about developing it, it's about avoiding losing market share. It matters less that Venezuela has it than that their competitor doesn't. Also Guyana's oil is cheaper to process than Venezuela's oil. The latter has 'heavy' and 'sour' oil, which basically means it requires much more extensive processing to be usable for anything beyond asphalt. Guyana's oil is cheaper to work with. Prior to this move, it was actually going to be Exxon that was expected to profit the most from their reserves.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn Venezuela is operating at 27% of historic oil extraction. If they had the equipment and knowhow, they'd benefit more from upping their daily output from the 800k barrels/day to the 3m barrels/day, they used to be able to extract, than from preventing Guyana from selling their 250k barrels/day on the market.
A bit late this video this issued has been settled., and Venezuela had no chance in winning this one as Guyana has very powerful friends.
Friends? It’s about the oil.
@juanluis1535 sure, it's about oil, but Venezuela has lots of it and they can't even extract it. All the rest of the world don't want Venezuela to have it
@@Pyxis216 Oil development by the large multinationals may suffer in the new off shore area if Venezuela takes over as it has a history of nationalizing privately built oil infrastructure.
This issue isn't settled, there are many, many, MANY years ahead where tensions might escalate
not late at all, the dispute is centuries old and isn't going away any time soon
When over a hundred years have gone, it should be up to the people who live in the disputed territory to decide who gets to govern them. Generations of people have lived in Essequibo not being governed by Venezuela. Why should they have to become part of Venezuela if they don't want to?
That's exactly what it should come down to on a local level. Let the people decide living in the disputed area to choose. Globally. Crimea, Kosovo, Scotland, Kurdistan, Taiwan, Catalonia, Kashmir, Biafra, etc. Universal Suffrage. UN and OSCE observed for international credibility referendums. Its how every single one of us would want it to be for ourselves if put into that situation.
Oh yeah sure, NOW you people want to hear from the locals, when you suspect they'll be on your side. Back when the borders were drawn and you had the power to avoid these messes all over the world you didn't give a shit to what the locals thought.
From a moral point of view, absolutely. But International Politics and Geopolitics ain´t about morals, its about power.
@@EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrection I used to agree with this way of thinking. But then might lead toa bad precedent. Where say i power anexes or helps another country occupy the land of another country. Then wait 50 years (for example) and in the meantime resettle this land with people who'd be loyal to them. Then say that to end the "dispute" they'd hold a have a referendum, fully knowing how it would go. Is that really fair?
They don't want to
Let's not forget about Venezuela's friends in the area (namely Cuba) who has a history of supporting like minded governments in the region and has an experienced military in jungle warfare + gorilla tactics.
Gorilla??? 🦍😱
Especially if they were offered a share of the loot
Congrats for the research and video editing. Amazing team's work, very professional.
"The United Nations was assigned to resolve the case, but nothing ever came of it." Many such cases 😅
Falklands war was a territorial dispute in South America in the 80s.
A very similar one even. A pathetic dictator who had destroyed his formerly rich country believed it was a good idea to invade someone else's land to distract his own people.
And it worked. Nationalist morons took the bait and sided with the dictator. Argentina has never recovered from the defeat but nationalists still believe everything would magically be fine if only the Falklands would become Argentinian.
It is indeed true that the borders drawn by the colonial powers were mostly arbitrary and rarely in the interests of those affected. In some cases, they were even drawn specifically to fuel conflicts and disagreements in these countries. So that they could not easily unite and rebel against the colonial occupiers. - A legacy of the colonial era that we can still experience today.
And as someone who used to play a lot of Civilization, I can understand the need for "border correction operations" to get at valuable resources. But risking a conflict with some of the world's biggest military powers to do so? That doesn't seem particularly clever to me! In comparison, the invasion of Ukraine was almost well thought out.
This is great content! thank you, very good video man! Greetings from Argentina.
I love how Shirvan has been getting more sassy with time 😂
damn imagine the vietnam war but in south america and not by usa
The trees speak Guayanese...
guyana has a very small army
Nothing like Vietnam. No one is even expecting Guyana to be able to put up a fight. It's more about her neighbours.
Welp theygot 1 thing in common the jungle is their ally
Welp the guyunese need the learn from the vietnamese to make booby traps
Shirvon, your natural voice is much easier on the ear. Sorry if I spelt your name incorrectly. All the same well presented and researched as usual thankyou
"Put America and oil together and again you get the most combustible reaction". Damn best quote of the year so far. 15:18
I think that Brazil, as a region power, should persuade Venezuela to abide by international law for the peace and stability of the region. That is how regional power gets its power and influence over regional politics.
I think Venezuela should stop being Pepega on the world stage, for, like, 5 minutes.
That would be great. But I don't think they're capable.
Brazil has no international power, let alone regional power
Brazilian government is doing this already, by having set a first meeting between presidents Nicolas Maduro and Irfaan Ali (alongside Brazil, CELAC and UN representatives) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in December, and a second meeting yesterday (25/01) in Brazil, among its Foreign Relations ministers.
@@davi92gui Hope it all goes well and latin american countries involved can broke a cooperation deal instead of putting everybody around worse.
Yes! South America can and should solve this without outside help, and Brazil is clearly the country which can prove leadership capabilities here.
Venezuela has the world's largest supply of oil reserves with no one in the country with the ability, know how, and knowledge to maintain its only oil infrastructure.
There's been South American border wars closer to the 75 year timeline given by video. Peru and Ecuador had a war in 1995, more of a skirmish in 81. And Argentina fought a border war with the UK in 82.
As a Peruvian, our "war" with Ecuador in 1995 was just moreso a series of operations in reality due to it's small scale and short time
Thanks for the inside!
Excellent analysis, away from current buzz, thank you!
Its not the oil, its far simpler; Maduro thinks it looks like an empanada.
Venezuela has huge reserves of oil and cant even extract and refine it, so the solution is to get territory with more oil. Its a stupid move..
Exactly. They can’t even govern their own people, territory, and resources yet they have the nerve to try and claim other people’s territory.
It is election year. Maduro needs a distraction so he can continue cannibalizing his country.
If Brazil can extract oil from the deepest parts of its sea territory, Venezuela should be able to excrat the heavy oil from its ground
@@jimmg4585 Oil isnt all the same. Venezuela's oil is mostly trash oil that no one wants
This probably is just Putin getting someone else to bang a drum to widen the distraction of the US & others.
Well you sure took your sweet time, been waiting for this one
Another great video
Couldn't Guyana hire private militias using their new oil money for defense from an invasion ?
They'll get russia, or china to come in, and those countries will establish a foothold in the South americas. This will then become yet another point of contention for starting war world 3. Not that we don't have enough of those already in 2024.
They'll be banking on America coming to their aid, which they almost assuredly would do, and Maduro will likely be wary of.
For what they can get protection and money
They could hire countries
They have to have the money first. In order to get the money they would have to develop the resources, and they haven't. Chicken, meet Egg.
Even if Guyana was able to hire mercenaries, they shouldn't be completely trusted. The first rule of mercenaries is that they're in it for the money, and you may not be the highest bidder. The second rule is that you may expect mercenaries to fight for you and to kill for you, but you shouldn't expect them to die for you.
Look at their claimed EEZ lol it's even more pathetic than Turkey's! (although not as much as China's 9 dash line, that's next level pathetic, up there with their "near arctic state" claims. )
Great and informative video!
Well said...Bravo!
As a brazillian, this is truly a “bruh moment”
When Oil is in the line, there is always Usa there
Another great analysis
Pure elation when i see ur thumbnail ❤️
As a brazilian I say this was the last nail on the coffin for Venezuela, it will never be a respectable country again. If it ever was one in the first place. We are ready to support Guyana in any emergency, they can be sure about that.
A gente não tem nada a ver com isso, vamos parar de tomar a dor dos outros e fazer igual fizemos na guerra do Chaco e na guerra do Equador e Peru, NADA.
Pagando pedágio pros EUA?
It's Venezuelan territory. Brazil has no say in this
Can they? Lula is a friend of Maduro.
it was, back when the US supported its oil infrastructure. They were the richesst peoples in South America. At the time they would have thought a lot of brazil was some backwater world lol
Funny how this video ignore US sanctions on Venezuela.
yes, this isn't a commie propaganda channel.
Just a small side-note, @CaspianReport. There was the Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador un 1995 over disputed land. Although it was somewhat brief, there were quite a few casualties on both sides and military hardware like fighter jets and helicopters were destroyed.
Excellent reporting
Anti-western countries not being oppressive and imperialistic against countries that didn't ask for shit challenge: impossible
LOL first Venezuela is a western country, it's just your racist asses made an effort to strip latinamerica from that title. Second, nothing more imperialistic and oppressive (just so happens that is mostly to others) than said "western countries".
Very interesting. It seems that without the actual capacity of taking the Esequibo and profiting from it, Venezuela would be better off striking a deal with Guyana on cooperation for both to be at a better position for actually extracting the oil for themselves without the "help" from foreign countries. Geopolitics is too often thought of as a zero-sum game. Wonder if it sometimes can be a little different...
"Put America and oil together, and you get a most combustible reaction"
You always sign off with the wisest of quotes 😂
I was looking at the area around Jonestown Guyana on google maps last year for a report, but when I look at the area now it's really blurry. They've probably blurred the whole region to avoid giving intel
Figured you'd do this one soon lol
What you failed to mention is that the other south American nations would not just sit and watch. Brazil has already redeployed their troops
ECOWAS rounded up a sizable force after the Niger coup and then did nothing. Brazil moving troops as a threat isn’t the same as it acting on the threat.
Venezuela se sienta junto con Brasil y le da todo la movilidad legitima.
Good video.
Keep up the good work
I think that asking how the people in that part of Guyana really settles it for me.
What do they want, to be a part of Venezuela, Guyana, or their own country?
I have a feeling at least one side will have their feelings hurt.
It's going to be Venezuela's.
what part? it's jungle and it was a bunch of european superpowers and the US who decided to carb that territory from Venezuela for their own benefit as always.
@@normanclatcher how? Not one person there wants to be Venezuelan. 😂🤣
@@el_equidistante There are people living there in the contested area.
Those people.
Ultimately, even if the US chose it to be some way in the past I think whatever the people there want would be a good resolution in principle (though maybe not in actuality)
@@OnTheThirdDay It is very easy from their confortable standard of living for Americans and Europeans to demand the upholding of those morals and idealist principles now that Europe and the US have already reaped the benefits of not doing so and established themselves as powerful actors in the world stage. But I can't deny it wouldn't be more fair for the people there.
I just can't stand how weird the shapes both countries would be if Venezuela actually annexed Essequibo. Like, you may think that's yours, but the map says you are wrong 😂😂
1000th comment! Great video very well presented and educational!
Interesting video.
I don’t doubt that Venezuela has at least some historical precedent to back their claims. But the people within their current borders are starving due to a grossly ineffective government, and gaining control over an additional chunk of land doesn’t seem like it’s going to change much for the country overall.
I read this and thought, "substitute the word russia for Venezuela and you have the current situation in Europe"
Agreed. All I could think in response to "Maduro desperately needs a political win" was "How about a large-scale anti-corruption campaign?"
China has 100% "historical president" to almost all of Tajikistan - so what? They have absolutely no right to control it (and half of their own country even).
@@momon969, but remember Venezuela is the most corrupt country in the Americas for a reason.
It does historical claim to the region. Difference is the UK populated the region and took it away
We're living the Resource Wars from Fallout now. Prepare for the Future: Vault-Tec
Almost heaven, WEST VIRGINIA!
Land, Money, & Power, in various proportions
It's wild how different this is in writing style to every other Caspian Report episode. New writer?
"put american and oil together and you get the most combustible reaction" Dropping bombs today Shirvan are we?
just when I thought things were calming down..😂
Why did you think things were calming down?
@@andrejparunovic6888 cuz it was 2024!!
Another rumor of war. And the beat go's on
“Sand castle at high tide”
Nice one 😉
Why does every dictator think they can win over their people by starting wars 😂
The American dictatorship that invaded Iraq for oil...
They do have historical claim…
The spaniards never settled in Essequibo.
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Esequibo was stolen from Venezuela because gold was discovered. The US, Britain and Russia at the time colluded to do wrong unto Venezuela. And Venezuela was not allowed to represent itself at the court when that happened. What Gyuana could do at the very least to avoid conflict is to share the newly found oil and gas resources.
Nothing was stolen from Venezuela. It's been turned into a pathetic shithole by the worst president in its history, and that's not any other country's fault but a homemade misery.
Nope
Besides Venezuela already has the world largest reserve.
The only thing stolen from Venezuela is a brain. 🧠
The opportunistic expansionist state of Venezuela covets land and sea of every country it borders.
@@jayyy3456bla bla bla bla. That land is part of Venezuela.
Isn't this like 1 month late? Didn't they come to a ceasefire?
Yeah venzuela said they won't use force
I love your videos but that ‘combustible’ pun at the end was just awful 😂❤
If Maduro was not pressed for retaining votes, embarking on this conflict would be unthinkable. Democrazy.
Sounds like a good future combat mission dlc
I have to side with Venezuela on this one, although I love my Guyanese family dearly
Hello, So cool and beautiful map animation, may I tell me, how is this kind of map made, especially how to overlay the base map and the terrain map?thanks...
"South America has not seen a territorial conflict in over 75 years" - The Falklands was 41 years ago. Does this not count?
No, thats southest america ;)
Valid point. I think he means among south American countries, but still.
Peru-Ecuador had a skirmish in 95, couple thousand troops deployed on either side, lasted a couple months. But large military operations are a luxury.
The wording was about a "major armed conflict". So it is a question of the definition of "major".
It's not SA. It's the UK.
common Falklands is clearly Europe.. thepeople there are british , Falkland is definitely in the wrong neighborhood..
"The world has become a free for all with every country taking and doing whatever they want"
I fixed the title.
Always has been 😔
When has it not been this away. Take any map time lapse and you will borders are constantly changing
was this reposted? I feel like I remember watching this a few weeks ago
That was probably RealLifeLore you're thinking of
@@ZontarDow nah man I just checked that video and it doesn’t seem familiar at all
I remember the video I watched weeks ago talking about how conquest-unfriendly the Esequibo forest is and I definitely remember CaspianReport’s voice lol
#mandelaeffecthype
“Put America and oil together and you get the most combustible reaction” 😂😂😂 Shirvan.
Venezuela has the right to defend itself
Sure. Fortunately, no one is attacking Venezuela.
Venezuela on the other hand should not attack neighbors either.
What if they start a guerrilla war by sponsoring branches of the military that goes into the forest and then when enough forces are there hidden in the jungle launch an attack through the jungle while also having paratroopers crossing the forest in many places with a limited amphibious assault to divert forces .
Sounds like a quagmire and Venezuela doesn’t really want the land. It just wants the waters off if the land.
They are doing guerilla warfare for decades.
It can control the region but not oil rigs so it won't matter
That would be dangerous. It would be very dificult to supply those troops. There is also the issues related to urban combat and the ability to actually ocupy and hold urban centers. The only feasible way to invade would be through Brazil. however, that could be disastrous.
They will use drones and parachutes
Not ALL of Guyana though, Venezuela would have to make a deal with Suriname first over the Tigri area.
This channel is one of the most epic channels on youtube.
Russia in 2014:
"Guys, it's been long enough since WW2. We can annex territory again."
Every other country on Earth:
"Thank fn God, finally."
Germany annexed the GDR in 1989
@@johnsch1988First off: The FRG annexed the GDR in 1990. Secondly: It was reunited with the west as a result off the Soviet Union's weakening grip on the the Warsaw Pact not war
@@KarlFranz5017 The fact that there was no war does not negate the fact of the annexation of the GDR by Germany. Gorbachev surrendered the GDR and the USSR's allies under the Warsaw Pact, after which Germany annexed the GDR, robbing the East Germans and turning his East Germany into its colony
@@johnsch1988without invading. It was the Ossis that were "invading" them to get cheap bananas at last! 😂
@@roddeazevedothat wasn't an annexation, rather a forced secession. But you know, that was NATO, i.e. the US, international rules are only for the others. 🙄
Plus, people has actually fled to Albania in fear of persecution. The case was there indeed.
The moment Venezuela actually tries to mess with Guyana is the moment the US finally delivers Maduro some freedom
yooooo my man is here
As a Brazilian, I would love to see that
Current PM of Venezuela and his low iq party should step down. They ruined their country
@@hackerhaze They have lost every war lately. They are about to lose in Syria and Iraq too. Their military is overrated and is not like what it used to be
Yo, so when are you going to the Esequibo region for our entertainment like every other spicy geopolitical hotspot you have visited? LOL
I’ve been your host Chiron from caspian report
14:23 is that a tent over a truck LOL is that cutting edge soviet tech ? 12 Billion? Nice
3:35
US: Did somebody say oil? Time to bring them freedom 🦅🦅🦅
Actually, sending some freedom to Venezuela would not necessarily be a bad thing.
great video, thanks!
Venezuela wanted to invade Guyana through Brazil territory. In order to Annex more territory of Guyana and make it easier.
no es invasión" amigo
Es robo