A Janus-Faced Essequibo Policy? Venezuela Stokes Up Border Tensions – OpEd

By Dr. Nand C. Bardouille

In a previous article published on February 8, I analyzed Guyana’s latest brush with Venezuela. The border spat, which flared up toward the tail end of 2023, was manufactured by the Nicolás Maduro regime. It brought these two (contrasting) petrostates closer to a new crisis, making things worse...