Venezuela Votes to Annex Guyana: What Next?
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On Sunday, Venezuela held a referendum asking voters whether they approved the idea of incorporating the Guyanese territory of Essequibo into Venezuela. So, in this video, we're going to explain why Venezuela is suddenly so interested in this territory, the referendum and what might happen next.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - Venezuela Essequibo Referendum Explained
05:45 - What Happens Next?
08:32 - Sponsored Content
As an Italian, i can't wait for the referendum which claims ancient Rome's territory.
So can we "latinos" finally become part of the Roman empire?
@@AlbertoMurilloOcallaghan Of course! Roman Empire has always been very welcoming!
Wait till Greeks claim Southern Italy lol
@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 or the Indus valley.
We love you guys ! Would Califirnia and Spain 🇪🇸 take part? Since Latin Culture and things. 😁
Absolutely wild for Venezuela to look out to the world and see how other wars of annexation have been going for the aggressors, and decide "yeah I think WE could make that work!"
I'm not sure looking outward is really their thing. There's a couple dozen oil producing nations they could look to for examples of what to do and what not to do, such as ways to prevent or mitigate Dutch Disease, but the current regime has shown no interest in those examples, and has seemed determined to be its own case study in what not to do.
And all thanks to GOP
This is what it looks like when your brain is on socialism
Well when your country is ruled by an egotistical authoritarian dictator surrounded by a bunch of YesMen, you're almost always guaranteed to not have a good time...
And how did it go for russia, for example?
Well, I am a Venezuelan living in Venezuela still and yesterday was the first I heard about this referendum (It had already come and gone). Not only that, but I have yet to meet a single person who voted, and I've been asking everyone I know ever since I learned about it. I wonder how many people would actually go out of their way to vote (given we all know all elections are rigged and as such a huge chunk of the population just gave up on it), not to mention how many people actually knew this was a thing. To Top it off I had someone come work with me on something today and asked them about it. They said they didn't, but they _heard_ that if you voted you were given 4$ and a bag of something as a gift. Don't quote me, but it does sound par for the course given what this goverment tends to do.
Also you are telling me half the registered voters went ahead and vote when it's entirely possible half the registered voters aren't even in the country to begin with? Fakin goverment can't even give us the numbers on people who fled the country but they can count the amount of votes overnight?
I will say I agree with Gabriel, if there is anything positive here is that the Guyanese people have nothing to fear for out military is one of spectacular failure. You will never see a more horribly trained and geared soldier than ours. In fact, you can currently see them on the streets trying to stop people driving to work to see how much they can extort them for since they need to buy christmas presents.
Our electoral process is an absolute failure, rigged to it's core without an ounce of trust from the citizenry and you would truly believe that anyone in their right minds is going to go out of their way to spend a day trying to cast a vote on one of the goverment's whims when absolutely _everyone_ has bigger issues to deal with, like you know, working and buying food.
If you want my take on it, this is simply classic distraction tactics. I don't know who they are trying to distract since within the country no one buys it (Guess they want to distract you, the outside viewer), but they always do something, or have something happen whenever elections are coming up or protests get started. Every single time. Protests? No water! Hyperinflation? No electricity! More protests? No DirecTV! And you know who is to blame? The radioactive lizards sent by the US to bite at the power cables. Or so they would have you believe
Thanks for your honest reply...!!! I Pray to god to help the Venezuelans get rid of this corrupt regime....!
Don't tell lies.
Venezolano viviendo en Venezuela y apenas ayer te enteraste del referéndum, cuando en todas partes se habla de eso? Jajajajaja
@@Garzzi025honestly this isn't the first person that said they didn't hear about it so its weird
You may want to start bunkering now. The US will liberate its interests with full force. Blockade would be interesting. How much food you got?
One important thing
The Brazilian gov is sending troops to the border to watch out on the use of the Pacairama roads that could be used by Venezuela to push a quick domination of the cities in Essequibo.
Another thing is that the Brazilian gov in 2016 alerted Guiana about a possible Venezulean move to stop the creation of infrastructure connecting Georgetown to Boa Vista (BR) since it would make the claim of Essequibo far more difficult by Venezulena and would put Brasil as a "defender" of the region since a conflict could put brazilians truck drivers and Brazilian products on the line.
Considering how invasions today are going horribly, the fact that Venezuela is willing to invade a pure forest in Guyana is insane to say the least
It seems that the USA does not stop with the lies and misinformation.
Guyana is barely inhabited (800k)
Thus not much opposition to expect.
The best route Venezuela has is a road that goes through Brazil to Guyana, since it's easier to pass Tanks and other Heavy Vehicles through the Rainforest. Unfortunately for Venezuela though, Brazil isn't keen to allow passage of their forces, and Brazil's army is no slouch, unlike Guyana's.
That's before you factor in America
@@etienne8110 Still, you can’t roll tanks in a forest with trees everywhere
Guerilla warfare compensates for the lack of manpower, and taking into account that Guyana is 98% dense rainforest with near to no infrastructure, Venezuela's forces will face massive attrition, high infection rates, unfavorable terrain, and on top of that, partizan attacks, good example is US invasion in Vietnam @@etienne8110
Hi, Venezuelan here, as I said in your other video the elections are rigged. On sunday we were all making memes about how electorals centers where empty and sudendly the was a overwhelming mayority voting, somehow. Nobody here except for the government lapdogs trust the electoral process since the last decade. And as for an intervention, lets hope its just a smoke curtain to distract the people and the government doesn't do anything serious. On a more positive note, Venezuela armed forces are a joke, so if they decide to invade it's probably going to end in a disaster for Venezuela, and maybe the end of Maduro's regime. I wish pace and safety to my Guyanese neighbors!
Yeh I do not want Guyana same fate as venezula
I'm sorry your government has completely lost the plot and became an autocratic world's lapdog. This whole Guyana bit won't end well, that's all I can foresee. I'd look back to Iraq's annexation of Kuwait and the consequences as the foreshadowing of what's to come.
Unfortunately, as I'm in no position to stop Maduro by force, all I can say is - if you or your loved ones are settled near major highways and known military facilities, or if the military begins an impromptu force concentration near your place of domicile - leave while you can. Outside intervention will surely involve air interdiction. Depending on how bad the situation spirals out of hand, it may even involve a ground based punitive expedition against Maduro.
If the opposition is in no position to swiftly see through regime change and put this to a screeching halt, then prepare for war that I'm damn sure most Venezuelans never asked for. I wish I could've been of more help, but that's all I can do for now. Be vigilant and nimble, know when to bug out and where.
As long as they don't have civilian cruise ships your navy should be ok tho
How tf you have internet? Weren't you eating rats up until recently?
@@lorenmax2.013 good luck trying to go up against the British royal navy and the Commonwealth armed forces
Me: "I wonder what could have caused these disputes."
TLDR: "Going back to the colonial times when Britain..."
Me: "ah, there it is."
awww, were someone's ancestors shit at war?
lmao based
total BS. Why isn't Germany threatening Poland ever? After World War 2 a huge chunk of Germany was given to Poland. Historically German (Prussian) land. Yet you can see nobody in Germany, not even one outlier, claiming that part of Poland.
.Venezuela chose to have this dispute. It's a choice. It has nothing to do with the British.
Not only did they vote 95% but 95% on all 5 questions. They should have lowered their claim a bit because some people will accidentally vote wrong on at least some of the questions
Things always get crazier and crazier each year I swear.
it's quite normal to move towards an anarchic and crazy world, the American empire is an old and dying "dog" and so is the idea of Pax Americana, the mentality of the West is fatalistic and infantile-pacifist, so "sharks" that used to circles around, are now starting to bite little by little from the boat
That's what happens when you select a weak president.
@@ericscott9029That's right. The world sees a weak US President and everyone starts making moves.
@@humanbeing4841I don't understand why Biden isn't publicly threatening Venezuela against invading Guyana?! If the invasion goes through and the US doesn't get involved the price of gas will certainly go up here as well.
If you think this is crazy read a history book
Venezuela should probably control its inflation and not annex its neighbour
yes, but the plebeians will forget about inflation if they need to remember how to avoid bullets
what better way to distract the population from problems of their country than to invade another country. Ages old tactic but sure works on the population.
Socialism leads to economic ruin so no they can't fix inflation.
Any country can annex/invade another piece of land whether the western nations like it or not
Western nations cannot interfere with other nations decision
Considering the oil is offshore, even if Venezuela "annexed" the mostly uninhabited jungle, Guyana would still have legitimate access to those mineral rights, unless the Venezuelans choose to attack American-operated oil platforms (or even the Chinese CNOOC that also operates in the area)
The dictator Maduro is not Venezuelan, but El Essequibo is. The Essequibo Territory has always been included on the map of Venezuela as a Reclamation Zone. Originally, the British Empire and the nascent Republic of Venezuela agreed on the Essequibo River as their common border. Years later, British explorers who illegally entered Venezuela discovered riches such as gold and diamonds, which motivated them to extend their border beyond what was agreed. Upon realizing this, and no longer having the military power to expel the British invaders, Venezuela decided to go for an arbitration award which in 1899 gave the British empire the rights over the Essequibo territory. 4 decades later, documents came to light that demonstrated the complacency of those involved in the 1899 decision and Venezuela revived hope for justice, so it turned to the request of international justice and that is how in 1966, Great Britain recognized the rights of Venezuela through the Paris Agreement, but it has never been possible to have a firm ruling, it is very likely, due to pressure from entities with dark interests in not applying blind justice, but with an open eye in favor of Guyana. . Like that or more clear?
@@HistoriaViva777Sources ?
I’m sure both the Americans and Chinese are practically daring Venezuela to take the oil rigs haha
@@PimHakkie If _this_ is how WWIII actually starts I will laugh my ass off.
@@a-s-greig I don't get why people keep wishing for WW3
There is no war in Venezuela. Just a madman screaming nonsense to cover up his failures
And he doesn't have the goods to challenge Brazilian or US armies
The reason why Venezuela "Changed its mind" in 1966, is because evidence surfaced that the previous agreement was unfairly influenced by Britain.
Britain itself admited that this was unfair and that is why the "Geneva Agreement (1966)" took place, in which Venezuela and the UK agreed that the previous settlement in null and void. Now, this agreement did not say either side was right, it just basically said that negociations need to go back to square one.
In the 80s Venezuela wanted to negociate directly with Guyana (Which by now was an independent country, hence the switch from the UK), while Guyana wanted the UN or outside parties do the negociating.
Venezuela was like "Nah man, last time we did it like that you were given everything" so the issue was never really settled.
This being said, I personally don't think this justifies Venezuela to invade. Venezuela basically ignored this issue for decades because most of Esequibo is unpopulated, empty jungle and only that oil has been discovered is making Venezuela care deeply all of the sudden.
I just read the Geneva Agreement. It doesn't acknowledge any merit for Venezuela's claim that the arbitral award is null and void. It only says that Venezuela contends it and they whish to give that controversy raised by Venezuela a peaceful solution.
treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20561/volume-561-I-8192-English.pdf
They don't care at all Maduro just distracting people from elections because what happens if they get essequibo?
The fair thing to do is give back all the lands to the indegenous people.
Move and galong. Guyana belongs to WE. !!!
There's no proof for those claims other than the words of some deadman.
One thing I love about the channel is that people from impacted regions give their insight and experiences in the comments. It gives the reports a human aspect that’s lacking in other outlets. Keep sharing your stories and I hope everyone stays safe.
And that's the most USP of this channel. Their analysis videos and predictions are mostly way off either by design or due to plain incompetence
I'm glad somebody from Venezuela chimed in on this.
I knew something was fishy about this 95% vote.
Some skumbag living in Miami is not "people from impacted regions"
My insight as a neighbor of both countries is that Brazil also has a claim on Guyana Essequiba but let go of it in an internationally arbitrated negotiation and resolution. Some Brazilians are of the mind that if Venezuela is willing to disregard that decision then Brazilian’s claim will be valid too. In the recent past tensions with Venezuela mounted rapidly due to ideological differences and a refugee crisis (Venezuelans fleeing to Brazil). The current president is aligned ideologically in many regards with Maduro, however there might be a good chunk of the population, including the armed forces that would be glad to cut them down to size. The Brazilian armed forces vastly outgun the Venezuelans, and there are already talks of territorial claims and annexations either in Guyana or in Venezuela proper. I don’t think it will amount to anything, but it is something they’ll have to consider if they decide to go ahead with this invasion. Brazil is the political leader of South America and it has the military to back this up. Venezuela will need expert maneuvering to keep Brazil out of their business.
It’s fantastic
It’s not like even more oil is somehow going to fix Venezuela…
Actually it might, depending on the quality. Venezuelan oil is plentiful but its pure shit by refining standards, its called Sour Crude for a reason, so people won't buy it without a massive discount since you get less product from it. Hence why PDVSA is always operating at a loss despite its monstrous reserves. But if the field has Light Sweet Crude like what you find in the USA or Saudi Arabia, that's a real game changer.
@@dulio12385if it’s all sanctioned because you’ve invaded a foreign country to steal it then it won’t make much difference economically
@@dulio12385 They were doing just fine in the 90s when prices were much lower. California's oil is just as bad, and Canadian tar sands and shale are in a league of their own. Their losses are due to corruption, lack of maintenance (in major part due to corruption) dropping output, and lack of skilled personnel (in major part due to corruption) since the competent and willing left for less risky nations.
@@dulio12385 PDSVA in the 1970s was the tenth most profitable company on the world according to. In the 1980s and early 90s it was highly profitable, too. The problem came with the collapse of oil prices in the late 90s. In came Chavez, nationalising the whole thing, kicking out corporations to fund his idea of a welfare state while losing all the expertise that foreign companies brought. Forward a decade and the whole thing is a barely operational mess that owes over 20 billion to creditors.
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mexico, Kuwait, Alaska and others also produce sour crude, so while it is more expensive to refine, it's far from impossible to make a profit. Yes, Guyana has light sweet crude, but Venezuela would risk to get heavily sanctioned for the sake of accessing it.
@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 Considering Biden just back tracked on the sanctions without securing any meaningful concessions, its a gamble worth taking. The old man is so desperate to lower the price of oil in the lead up to the election that he might just do nothing.
This may seem a bit corny of me but I genuinely appreciate that he left the word from the sponsor at the end. I did accidentally listen to it but it was just nice not having to manually skip forward in Sub-Zero weather.
During 1995 to 2022, Guyana’s average inflation rate was 4.7% per year - this year Venezuela’s is 359%.
If every country votes to invade Venezuela do you reckon they'd stop?
Yeah but who going invade them?
@@tiglishnobody8750i am
@@tiglishnobody8750Suriname 😂
Possibly Brazil and Colombia.
Argentina maybe
Only 95%? I expected at least 120%.
Honestly, if you're going to hold an obviously fake election, you might as well go big
should go for 140 percent approval like Kim Jong Un.
Well things have been rough for the Venezuelan government. The less than a 100% approval is a red flag for things to come in the glorious Venezuelan nation
Venezuela have 30 million people 10 million voted 95% of that 10 mill vote to annex
@@capadociaash8003lmao juan guido was a total roach and didn’t get shit
Hey that's a good idea! We should have a public referendum before every war!
One thing I'd like to add, to ensure the accuracy of the vote of course. Everyone who votes for the war automatically volunteers to be drafted for it.
messed up. wishing peace and strength to the people of Guyana. Venezuelans who are fighting this, make your voices heard. you have international support. ❤
The irony here practically oozes. Over the last 25 years Venezuela has gone from a solidly middle income nation that could with decent management make it to high income, to maybe two steps above a failed state, with the infrastructure of the oil fields doing no better. Throughout it all, they distracted their people from their incompetence, corruption, and mismanagement by constantly blaming the US and saying it would steal their oil or at least dominate them. Now... Venezuela is still distracting their people, this time from naked aggression against a smaller neighbor for economic reasons, by dressing it up in nationalist propaganda.
Yes. They did go Russian route.
Since the border was decided in colonial times, does this legitimize colonialism? Maybe Spain ought to take it back.
@@TheRezro If not with Putin's help and encouragement.
@@TheRezroExcept Russia isn't as corrupt as Venezuela and is not a failed state
@thomaskalbfus2005 the problem is Venezuela has continually flip flopped over its claims here. One minute it agrees to a treaty then it revokes it then it agrees it and now were here. Its not about the legitimacy of colonialism but the legitimacy of international law and treaties
Venezuela has way more important domestic issues to deal with than entering an expensive war.
That’s why they’re doing it. To take attention off of the horrible domestic situation in Venezuela. A tale as old as time.
@@LordWalsallian Exactly. When I saw this, I immediately thought of how Argentina saber rattles about the Falklands every time their politicians shove their fingers in the economy and it ends in the disaster (almost every year).
Just to keep the Leader in Power, they are willing to destroy Venezuela.
But stealing oil reserves could help mask the utter incompetence and corruption of Maduro's regime.
@@LordWalsallianThe situation in Venezuela is not as bad as Western media would have you believe.
Some poll workers told reporters that they only had 15%-25% of eligible voters show up all day, varying from polling station to polling station.
Hi in Trinidadian. Guyana is a nation linguistically, culturally and demographically very similar to our island. I've been there many times . Trinidad is also extremely close and was once connected with land between Venezuela, with a lot of Venezuelans flocking to our small island to find a better life from their government, and this is responsible for causing a lot of controversy in recent years. Its so outrageous how the Venezuelan government want to occupy the protected land of Essequibo to exploit it of oil and minerals despite it having no historical ties to the people here. Trinidad and Tobago got your back Guyana, I pray for peace in the region.
Not only can countries not learn from the past, it seems they cant learn from the present either.
What are they supposed to learn?
They have learnt from the present, Russia has annexed Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk and have got away with it
@@Algiziadon't invade a neighboring country?
El pasado se muestra que nos fue robado el Esequibo
Dude you need to change your profile photo. It's a fucking joke while you're trying to comment on a serious geopolitical issue lol
It may be worth noting that the 10 million voter figure is ambiguous. Considering the referendum had 5 questions, perhaps 2 million people had 5 votes each.
The guy running the election board has "clarified" that he means voters, but given that all the campaing was "vote 5 times", and that everybody reports empty poll stations and no queues, that sounds like a good theory.
And well, there is also the well documented threat to public servants that they had to go and vote and then report to their bosses with a photo, or else.
Ok Venezuelan guy here and...yeah the vote were all a fucking farse. Every election since 2016 it's been full of shit. There's only like...3 towns with actual photos of people voting. Most are fabricated or from old elections or even people just waiting in line for some other crap
@@luislaguado5629oh yes they were. There was even a "Practice vote" in schools and some of my nephews got locked up in the classroom by their (not government military) teacher until the agree to do the thing
Then there's also that they didn't ask the population they want to occupy
@@luislaguado5629 The sheep are salty. XD
Wow it's kicking off all round the world.
Just imagine if you and your ancestors been living in there forest peacefully for hundreds of years and then Venezuela pulls marching like “where the oil at?”
I think they just wanted to do a Russia, but forgot you do the referendums AFTER you annex the provinces, not before.
Venezuelan govt asked it's citizens for opinions
@@edytha2090 so more like Israel then
@@edytha2090 "Do you agree we should pay for dinner with our neighbour's credit card?"
@@edytha2090 "Hey guys, do you think we should break into the neighbours' house and steal their stuff?"
@@user-op8fg3ny3j before or after Arabs occupied Judea?
'95% in favor, the other 5% vanished from their homes' that would be my headline considering the situation in Venezuela
or israel
@@mitchmomlcIsrael is doing some foul shit, but they are a democratic nation. They would t get rid of opposition like that.
Good job 👍
Just correcting a small error, Brazil did not send troops because it was angry with Venezuela but because the place that Venezuela's troops would theoretically have to pass through, at least the best, would be in a part of the state of Roraima. In general, Brazil is neutral in relation to wars, and probably the biggest concern are troops from other countries within Amazonian territory. Of course, that is until today, because today there will be a meeting between the president and his advisors.
they forgot to mention that despite their promises the Government of Venezuela still cracks down on opposition figures, including cancelling a primary win for a candidate
It seems that the USA does not stop with the lies and misinformation. XD
This referendum is illegal !!! as is Maduro !! He is a dictator that would never had been chosen if there was a fair election.
Further Venezuela is a group of the axis of evil ..... Every wicked, evil diabolical "head of state" in this world is a friend of Maduro.
Based
how is it based? he is literally not allowing his main rival to run so he can win against the will of the people @@deputykirsanov7314
Add- no all weather road across the border.....miles of swamp and jungle.
95% of the vote shows a record low support of the government. saddam managed to get at least 99.9% of the vote when proposing annexing kuwait, and kim-jong un is still riding a high of between 140-144% approval ratings. I doubt Maduro is looking at much more than 200,000 votes in his 40,000 strong constituency if he keeps this up.
Nice Onion reference
Hilarious😂
Say thanks to your government
😂
@@redshanksbolshevikempirecongrats on being pro imperialism and pro war, nice “working class” idiology
My family unanimously voted to annex my neighbors house
Country: has oil
Venezuela: "It's free real estate"
I'm reminded of Hearts of Iron where countries can make a war goal and, while you are doing it, little news stories pop up describing your leader questioning the country/territory.
1: “Maduro speaks against Guyana”
2: “Maduro denounces Guyanese ideals”.
I am a Venezuelan living in Venezuela,. We didn't vote to invade Guyana. It was a referendum with 5 questions. The results were predetermined no matter what we voted for. The Venezuelan dictatorship will do what it wants regardless of anything Venezuelans want, Putin-style.
Figures no sane population would vote for war.
no you're not, state dept. worker.
@@macewindu9100?
@@macewindu9100?
Mejor en manos locales a manos de compañías gringas
This is a re-upload.... I remember watching this weeks ago
There is a small problem looming - the US Navy and air force.
I hear "Venezuela" and "Voting" in the same sentence and I picture that scene in the dictator movie where they have a tank pushing people to vote for the dictator
Pretty accurate image I would say
Venezuelan here. That is NOT accurate. They don't even bother forcing people to vote, that is too much for them. They just invent the numbers and declare victory in national TV at the end of the day.
George W Bush
Never Thought Venezuela whould ever need more oil
Even with the most oil reserves they are still low economy and poor country.
USA is largest oil exporter and still like holding oil rig in Syria?
I mean... If you are one of the founding members of a cartel (OPEC), kind of obvious you don't want competition
@@SimpleGeopolitics24 sanctions work
They are failed state and as any failed state, they invade others.
Oh wonderful.
I can't believe that my region is actually coming up in TL;DR. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago, where we have a lot of Venezuelan refugees who experience intense xenophobia. There is pressure on our PM to stand with Guyana on this topic, but he is known to be friends with Maduro. I really hope he stands with the rest of CARICOM on this. But also the public pressure could also be dismissed as xenophobic, and I'm sure a lot of it will be. This is a horrible invasion which many indigenous Guyanese will find themselves in the middle of. The Venezuelan government just want to grab more oil.
Accually only 5% of the total population voted. It is important to include that in the video
According to official figures, 10 million voters and 20.7 million were called to the polls. So you think the government increased the number of votes tenfold? It's possible, but it also means that when the government will call on the people to go to war, they will simply refuse it... So what's the point of doing that?
The video mentions that journalists saw hardly any attendance at polling stations.
@@Hjernesprengthat is Western propaganda
How many people voted or result doesn't matter. Not legitimate to hand out other countries lands.
The USA is a corrupt and rotten empire, what you say against Venezuela does not count.
Aw, it'll be adorable watching Venezuela f around and find out.
It seems they are getting there 😂
A guyanese who lives in esseuqibo here we are not prepared for a all out war realistically venezula will have to come by a simulatiously sea and air attack as there are literally no road to land attack into essequibo unless they pass throguh brazils borner . We have zero military and will have to use rifles and a few 100 machine guns , zero air supports not even a attack helicopter we have to wait until we get support from the internation cumminuty which will have to come by either making guying a battle feild from air attack until we are stablised so foreign forces could reach our land OR the international forces to do a counter invasion into venezula with goals of killing or extracting maduro as terrist of war
@@lancerichards6509Very interesting insight, Best of luck fighting if you must. Much of the free world stands with you.
@@lancerichards6509 they will absolutely not cross through our border, the head of the Brazilian army already made it clear. So far there is no sign they will invade, the army intelligence is monitoring them.
Lol find out what though?😂
The dispute has been long and honestly it’s quite expect
Greetings to El presidente Maduro and people of Venezuela from Czech Republic!❤
95% huh, defo not sus
to me the 5% was just them saying "see, people can vote against us, it's not rigged at all" but hey what do i know
being a multiple of 5 seems rather convenient...
Something that is not being covered is that almost no one voted compared to the amount of people that are eligible to vote
just like russia
@@ronblack7870 At least dead people have a chance to vote in the US.
@@ronblack7870just like American
@@revolutionche3 just like north korea
@@rileygladue3979just like Antarctica
at 3:19 you say "40,000 barrels per day" but the graphic shows 400,000
As a Brit, Id like to wish Guyana a happy independence
How can a country who can’t feed there own people annex more territory?
Because they don't need to feed their own people, they only need to feed the elites and the military, while also feeding the greed of those elites
Germany did it
I was wondering that too. Last I heard, they were eating out of dump trucks.
@@fatmonkey4306 germany could feed their own people, also the war didnt start over annexing more territory but over poloish abuse of a league of nation city inhabitat by 90ish% germans. the world looked away when germany took bohemia and silesia.
WW2 wasn’t caused by Nazi Germany according to you?
As a Venezuelan I don't care about the politics of it, but this worries me a lot, because of two main things.
1. Sanctions. We know how it went with Russia and Crimea, if the US imposes more sanctions on Venezuela it's going to become really difficult for me to sustain myself.
2. Conscription. I don't want to die in the jungle, simple.
Hahahahaha. Amigo, ya tienen más sanciones que la mierda, no les puede ir peor. Y segundo, estamos hablando de que el Esequibo, de eso el nombre del río que separa Guyana de Venezuela es venezolano, fueron los británicos quienes se lo robaron. Te doy un consejo, ignora la propaganda anglo, si hablan inglés siempre pondrán como malo al que no. Es así de simple . Hasta en el propio vídeo dicen que son las petróleras americanas quienes roban el petrolleo del Esequibo.
Maybe they will send you to the beach. Then you can die on the sand.
Y te doy otro consejo. Apoya que le devuelvan el Esequibo s Venezuela, el próximo gobierno, que seguro ganará uno afín a EEUU, tendrá en territorio de toda Venezuela, así que da igual
@@PinkPuddinClipsjajaj disfruta morir Entonces 😂
de que hablas? en guyana no hay gente, nisiquiera se pelearia contra guyana, si no contra alguna fuerza invasora de EEUU, asi de simple@@deaththekid3998
From the map, it looks like southeast Guyana is disputed too.
I'd like to see a video examining the funding for Ground News. I see more advertising for that company than any other media corporation on Earth. They must have a marketing budget in the hundreds of millions of dollars at least, and yet I can't find any information about who is funding the company. That seems... concerning?
This. I would like to see a story on Ground News as well - who are they, exactly?
The reason Venezuela is interested annexing part of Guyana has nothing to do with oil, land or history. It is everything to do with distracting the population from their misery by stoking up patriotic feeling. It is also opportunistic since it is assumed the world is distracted by Israel, Ukraine etc.
guyana is not a troble maker we put every thing in god hand
It is multiple things. It is oil. It is history. It is also a distraction and an opportunistic move. It doesn't have to be just one thing.
@@Salsuero Venezuela has plenty of oil already. It just cannot get it out of the ground because of its useless government. The history has not changed in any way so why now? Maduro cares nothing for people. Creating a war, which of course he and his family will not be fighting personally, is cynical and disgusting
@@jontalbot1Since when has anyone ever said "I/we have enough of this very profitable commodity?" Never. Ever. They want that oil. And the history is obvious, considering it literally exists. It's not like they don't have records on it. The why now is simple... the world is in chaos and it's as good a time to jump on that bandwagon as any. In my opinion, Venezuela knows they're in a position that hurts the U.S. because the U.S. is actively trying to get Venezuela to help lower oil prices and Maduro thinks he can take advantage of that by being aggressive for oil's sake, the U.S. will probably do another Israel and just look the other way for its own benefit. Maduro doesn't have to care about the people of Venezuela to want to do any of this. He still wants that oil wealth because he benefits from it. No one says it's a good thing to do. But it's definitely something he is trying to do and yeah... he definitely wants that oil.
@@Salsuero Long winded but if you read the comments most people agree with me
This is not what i had on my 2023 bingo card
what wasn't on the bingo card? the death of the idea of Pax Americana? or the fatalism and defeatism of the West? or that the world returns to the state of war, just like after the fall of the Roman Empire? or did you simply not think that a dictator is capable of such a things?
It’s on my 2024 card so if they delay for one month then I’ll be correct and that’s the most important thing
@@weiserwolf580 wtf are you talking about
Behind every mess around the globe ... We will find the amazing drawing skills of Little Britain.
The Dave Chappelle Skit about Black Bush is so Relevant right now....
fun fact: Venezuela already has the largest oil deposits of any country. Greed knows no limit.
It's not about greed, it's about leverage. The more of the oil you control, the more say you have. It puts them in a better bargaining position. The more important you are, the more nations have to put up with you. The US is a prime example. Hell they even extend it - right now Israel is benefitting from that effect. Just look at the volte face that is the US' diplomacy with Saudi Arabia for an example of this in oil, from the killing of Khashoggi to now trying to win them over.
And they're still broke as fuck lmao
@@ArawnOfAnnwn leverage against who?
Because is not about oil, is about that territory is ours it was stolen By England. And is not annex guyana just that territory that is ours
It was stolen by the Dutch and came into English possession after the napoleonic wars
Imagine Guyana uses the oil money to hire American PMCs to fight off Venezuela.
That sound like plot of Jagged Alliance 4.
Exactly due to oil guyana was able to get usa involved, they made sure by licencia exploitation to usa and uk companies. They aren't hiring pmc, they got pentagon involved not just a private company.
😂 Smart guyana also gave licenses to brazilian companies.
And Wagner group too. It would be like gulf war
😂😂😂😂
Don't think they'll have to. We don't like Venezuela here as it is and next year is an election year.
On the oil graph it says per capita but then shows the absolute number and next bit commentary says 40,000 barrels per day and the graph says 400,000 per day
last time some nation decided to annex the neighbouring nations' oil fields a Desert Storm action followed, I recall.
That area is complex. Next to Guyana is Suriname, which also claims parts of Guyana. And then another Guyana, that one part of France and the European Union. It's not a colony, it's an overseas department, and it has an important spaceport at Kourou, which is preferred over European locations due to its proximity to the Equator.
"it's not a colony, it's an overseas department" sounds like something Columbus would have said if colonization happened today lol
Suriname doesn't "also claim parts of Guyana" it is Guyana that invaded the tigri area which is Suriname territory.
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Well, that would still mean that Suriname does also claim those lands, like how Ukraine has claims on the Donbass and Crimea.
Claim just means "Hey, I say that is mine." Reasons are just details.
@@user-sv8nf1ve9m not exactly. guyanans have french passports and are regular french citizens and regular french territory. while colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. people from guyana have exactly same rights like people from paris, unlike in colonies where people from colonies had limited rights. French from Europe consider them as french. there was a referendum in 2010 and people lwho live in Guyana voted to stay french (70%), same thing happened to Martynique
@@raymondreggie8395 If Venezuela occupies all that part of Guyana, Surinam should help and take all the rest.
What the people who voted haven’t been told is Venezuela’s failure to maintain its oil infrastructure is why this extra oil won’t solve their problems.
They have to send there crude to Louisiana to refine then send it back to sell.
I'm Venezuelan. Nobody voted, it is just the dictatorship that tries to stay in power someway. Next year we have elections
The people didn't actually vote, I don't see a single war or invasion that has 95% support of a nation.
I mean compared to North Koreas 140% approval rating of Kim Jon un Venezula is pretty progressive if you ask me.
Failure coming from the blockade..
Getting more oil might be enough to tip Venezuela into becoming an unavoidable player.
One that you can t keep blockading (because us need the oil).
Leaving only either a coup (failed in the past) or négociation.
I thought it was Civilization VI for a moment.
I felt that I could not trust information in this video as the narration was different to the graphics.
please keep in mind that Venezuela has an autocratic mafia-like regime... so the legitimacy of that referendum is very questionalble
I’ve seen anti Maduro Venezuelans support a war to regain Ezequibo.
I am from Curacao and this is kind of scary. We feel a bit like West Berlin because we can see Venezuela and we know we're an island just off the shores of an oppressive regime.
Well, it would be bad for the Netherlands too. After all Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I hope things stay peaceful over there.
@@thenetherlands5838 Not so much. Curacao & Aruba are self governing countries
@@Lando-kx6so We still do the military parts for them and help them when they have economic problems
@@Lando-kx6so They are self governing nations that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 4 nations, 1 country. Under the constitution the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are all constituent countries of the Kingdom; constituent country means- any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state. Like Denmark with Greenland, and the UK being the best example with England, NI, Scotland and Wales all forming constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Native residents of the ABC islands & Sint Maarten have Dutch citizenship. So yes it would have many repercussions because attacking them would be an attack on Dutch citizens, and the Dutch state.
Regime opresivo de quien habla de estados unidos??
You know, there was a movie scene (Avatar 1)were people talking about Venezuela and fighting there, it's like doing the Simpsons predictions
7:33 is your quote from Gen Richardson? She is the commander of US Southern Command, and has the overall responsibility of coordinating military efforts for this area. If she said the quote, it carries a good bit more weight than simply speaking as a "US Army representative."
So Guyana needs to sign security agreements with larger military powers and also increase their ability to defend themselves
Already has with all of Caricom and US. Possibly Canada UK as well soo..... Venezuela can FAFO
@@hadencrosshas it? Caricom is just a bunch of small Caribbean nations which can’t protect Guyana, while the US has no treaty with Guyana, and with the US public becoming opposed to foreign interventions doubt they’ll support it for long if not at all.
The UK and Canada will struggle to reach Guyana.
@@Redwitheranindia could help guyana, as around 20% of guyanese are of indian origin.. they can spare atleast 1 aircraft carrier, some submarines, ballistic -cruse missile's and air defence batteries on lease to guyana till venezuela thinks correctly
Im sorry what? UK who has the second biggest auxillary force will struggle to reach? UK who reached the bloody falklands, and won a war against argentina, cant land on a allied country closer to them?@@Redwitheran
India ships cannot be relied on.@@deepblue3682 There carriers use mig-29's, not great. The ships are not very well equipped.
International conflicts really do just boil down to "gimme what you have", don't they…
Sometimes you're told "gimme what you have" and comply for avoiding conflict, that's what venezuela did the last hundred years
You said Guyana currently produces 40k barrels a day, but on screen it says 400k barrels a day. So which is it?
Guyana has 4k troops, venezuela has 100k, plus suriname 2.5k troops also has territorial disputes.
If an invasion happens guyana basically has to give up or face even more damage. The situation is similar to israel and palestine and not to ukraine russia war
Provided the US and other neighbors who feel inclined to ensure the safety of the oil deposits don't do anything, that is.
And they might.
Venezuela would have to either go through dense jungle, which would kill thousands of soldiers out of attrition alone, or go through Brasil, a country that has threatened military action if Venezuela tries to use them as a shortcut.
We all be playing EU4 recently irl fr fr.
More like Hoi4, they're justifying war goals for 60 days on the core. +50 units of oil in the province.
They even waited until guyana did their focus to add the oil, and for world tension to rise
@@ericscott90298.5 has been addedto the world tensen, were now on 29.5.
I highly doubt it solely a Venezuela decision. I figure they got pressure from OPEC spurring them on because Guyana has been making them angry by not wanting to join their bans to limit oil production to artificially raise prices
Yeah... no. You can't just say the first idea that comes into your mind and baselessly expect it to be true.
@@a2falconehe uses the words “doubt” and “figure” where is he stating that it’s factual?
Why no one in comments considers it? That makes a lot of sense...
Small mistake, in the infograph for barrels per capita, it's in thousands NOT BILLIONS.
I just imagine the referendum only had the "yes" option and that there was a guy pointing a gun at the voter "just in case"
Guyana discovers massive oil field
Venezuela: is for me 👉👈🥺
hehe
But Venezuela you already have the largest proven oil reserves!
@@nickolashogg259true now wonder why their so Greedy😂
I'm Venezuelan and I know that history dictates that the Essequibo is ours, but come on, more than 100 years ago later how can we possibly have any hope for annexation? It's like the government chooses to ignore the fact that Guyana has been an independent country for decades.
Also, don't let that 10 million voters figure fool you, there was literally nobody on the street voting on Saturday and if they got 1 million it's a long shot honestly.
History dictates that this question was settled in the 19th century. Oil doesn't give you the right to change history.
Was you're you lost it over 100 years ago. You don't get to decide to ignore what you lost and take it back. You'll have American stopping it. Just like we are doing everywhere else. 😊
I’m also a Venezuelan living in Venezuela like you, this is a complex situation to figure out for the people of others countries, Venezuela regime is tring to take adventage of this situation to increase its support internally in Venezuela doing actions to takes control over its Guyana Esequibo territory, with this position Venezuela Regime pretend to add someting positive to stop the declining Venezuela people support, however this Venezuela regime intention to enhance its internal situation does not means that Venezuela is disqualified from claiming its legitimate right over the territory of Guyana Esequiba.
Guyana is exploiting the natural resources of a territory that does not belong to them since it is still in dispute, violating international law, I am not a lawyer but if you take a look over the past this is a territory that originally belongs to Venezuela but was invaded by Englishmen who were looking for gold in a region that was not guared by Venezuela army at that time, so the people from England and later from Guyana invaded illegaly this Venezuelan territory.
@@bibianperez3468 I'm a German living in Germany.
The case was settled over 100 years ago and Venezuela has no claim over Esequibo anymore. The country may have owned that land at some point, but it doesn't anymore. Venezuela has acknowleged the current border and any claim to any land beyond the border will be considered an act of aggression on land that doesn't belong to them.
Why did I say that I'm German in the beginning? Because we have experience with land claims across the border, purely based on historical borders even though we acknowledged the current ones. And it did not work out that well for us.
@@bibianperez3468 fine, if you'd like to hear it from a Master of Laws in International Law I can say it; territorial legitimacy stems from 3 main things, territory control, (government), population and international recognition.
The Essequibo situation has already been settled (formally) years ago, and even if that is put aside, custom and tacit acknowledgment by Venezuela settles it (acknowledgment by not demanding the territory before oil was found).
This issue has been settled, and the majority of the international community does not and will not recognise Venezuela's claims, unless they have some deep interest in it and choose to violate international law. Guyana is independent and has sovereignty over that territory, the case is settled. Any violence or invasion would be an aggression war for conquest and I truly hope, should that happen, that it is answered accordingly by the entire international community or at least the western powers.
It baffles me how we can still question such things, this feels like the Falklands situation all over again; the people in that territory voted and that is settled, nothing else to debate, like Essequibo I'm pretty sure the Guyana population in that area doesn't want to be part of Venezuela, that settles it, end of story; whatever comes after that is explicit war-mongering, aggression and disregard for international law.
If you are wondering, I'm Brazilian, but that shouldn't matter anyways.
That’s dead easy! They go for it!
Guyana actually does have a military, the GDF. It is small though, only 11,000 personel and are severely lacking in equipment. They have about 60 or so armored vehicles and are pretty well trained in jungle warfare so that would probably be their best bet in surviving a war against Venezuela, especially since the part they have to invade through is the least developed part of Guyana and mostly jungle.
Venezuela is trained by russia with russian equipment and technology
@@hr-g4640 Yeah, russians are native to the jungle afterall, all their equipment is especially crafted for Moscows dense jungle.
@@BoatLoadsofDope an average ignorant american talking just for talking, first of all Russia is massive country and guess what? they do have rain forests in their country, in the Caspian and Black sea regions, not only that but Russia has literally prepared the armies of countries like Niger and Mali which are saheel nations when Russia has nothing even remotely similar to that
@hr-g4640 yes and Niger and Mali is doing really well...
There is no jungle in those regions, they are a farcry away from the humidity and landscape it faces in south America.
By your logic, the french are experts at jungle warfare as well because they have bases and trains with Chad, Djibouti, Senegal and Gabon.
@@hr-g4640guyanese live in the jungle we work there so it home to us.no amount of training can beat that.
You really think the USA would sit back when there's such vast quantities of oil involved in a part of the world they've always considered their own back yard, and miss out on the opportunity to liberate all of Guyana's and Venezuela's oil?
This is war is because of biden
The Biden administration can’t afford another war if they want a chance at reelection.
Probably, the USA ammo stocks are low (low for the USA is still a massive amount of guns) after sending lots of guns to Ukraine and Israel, also, USA has a budget problem and it most likely they won't agree to spend several billions in a war. Unfortunately, Venezuela has good timming
Considering that would be Vietnam 2.0, the answer is yes.
Liberate😂
Like syrias and iraqis oil you mean😂😂
Paradox fans are finally seeing something interesting in South America
They finally added a focus tree to Venezuela?
Hopefully they do it successfully unlike certain other nations..
Calling Lula's approach "more balanced" is ridiculous. He's objectively pro-Venezuela, and strongly so, refusing to criticize anything they do and going out of his way to back Maduro even against opposition from the media and political actors usually aligned to him.
So true, as a brazillian i am truly ashamed of how on Earth this man became president and the fact that he is strongly pro--Venezuela
Hi, person of Guyanese descent here. You made a grave error in the beginning of the video that I think needs correction. You say that the referendum was held in Esiquibo and 95% voted in favor and the animation shows a 95% checkmark emanating from the disputed region inside of Guyana, implying that the referendum took place inside of (or at least included) the disputed region. It did not, the 95% figure, even if it were accurate, came only from the Essiquiba region **of Venezuela**. The way it is in the video is incredibly misleading to someone not familiar with the situation and gives more credence to Venezuela’s claim, that
a) They were even able to hold a referendum inside sovereign Guyanese territory, which implies a much much stronger claim to the area than they have (are the occupying it?)
b) Even if the 95% figure is illegitimate, the fact that you imply the referendum even included the disputed region could raise questions in people’s minds (maybe it’s not 95%, maybe it’s 55% though) where it has no reason to exist. Whereas if you say the referendum took place *only in Venezuela*, a 95% figure makes a lot more sense.
To put into perspective how grave and misleading this error is. It’s the equivalent of if a referendum was held in the Republic of Ireland on whether to annex Northern Ireland and you reported that 95% of Ireland (allegedly) voted in favor with a large graphic showing the island of Ireland in one color and 95% with an arrow pointing at Northern Ireland. Even if you clarified later in the video that would be incredibly misinformative and offensive.
If south american countries want stability...then they know what they have to do...help and support Guyana
Yeah but unlike Ukraine only direct military involvement would have an effect since Guyana is going to be defeated within a week. Giving them supplies isn't going to do anything.
That is why the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, asked the US to establish an American military base in his country to deter Venezuela from a likely invasion.
@@haroeneissa790Ehh. Guyana doesn’t have an army, but Essequibo isn’t really a place you can conquer. It doesn’t have any roads, it’s just an almost untouched rainforest.
@@haroeneissa790 Venezuela is not a major threat either. A warning from Brazil should stop them.
Why? Most South American countries recognizes Venezuela claims over esequivo
Beautiful Guyana land of many waters
The 400 instead of 40 of the barrels per day for Guyana is a slight typo but jarring.
Guyana is our country and Essequibo belong to we. Were not giving up.
Come on Venezuelan, come to Esequibo, don't be afraid.
There was a typo at 7:34 . It should be"Guyana is an important oil partner"
Venezuela held a referendum on Sunday which asked voters if they approved of incorporating the disputed territory of Essequibo, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of neighbouring Guyana, into Venezuela as a new state. Over 95% of respondents approved of the idea, according to Venezuela's electoral authorities. The area is known for its copious offshore oil reserves, and Venezuela's interest in the territory has been renewed since oil was discovered off the Guyanese coast in the late 2010s. If Venezuela can claim Essequibo, it would expand Venezuela's exclusive economic zone to cover new oil reserves. The most significant escalation of the dispute came in September when Venezuela's National Assembly greenlit a referendum on the issue, with the last question asking Venezuelans if they agree with integrating Essequibo as a Venezuelan state. Despite the fact that the International Court of Justice warned against the vote, it went ahead after the Venezuelan president encouraged Venezuelans to vote to reclaim what he described as their homeland.
Great info and also a bit hard to follow due to the many analegies, the how it is in the bible vs then how it would or should have sounded.
Would be great to have the whole worked out “properlytranslated” book in your style
Getting into war for OIL has never been a good thing for the both sides. Whoever is behind this heinous possible invasion, should be brought to justice.
It's ok when USA does it, aka "War For Profit", but not good when others do it like Russia n Venezuela??
Russia might be behind this.
Just like we did for USA after they invaded Irak...
Well, guess Venezuela can sleep tight 😅
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The U.S.A. makes the rules, thy can't be touched from without, especially back then.
Venezuela on the other hand...tha dictator might be making a fatal mistake here...
Trust me , PUTIn fingerprints are all over this. He’s in the ears of The Venezuelan dictator. He’s trying to create chaos in the western hemisphere to distract the US and stretch its military thin.
somehow I feel that the 95% is actually the other way around
Because its is
I love how details are omitted or highlighted. It depends on the prejudice of the narrative.
40,000 or 400,000?
Also per capita? Per citizen?
Numbers seem a bit whack today