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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference in Guyana on Friday morning

GUYANA | Pompeo gives Guyana US$5-mil to help Venezuelan Refugees

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 18, 2020 - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used the opportunity of his visit to Guyana on Friday, to reiterate his call for Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro to leave office and to congratulate the Guyanese government for supporting the position of the United States on Venezuela.

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APNU+AFC Coalition partners (from left)Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon and AFC Chairman Raphael Trotman

GUYANA | APNU+AFC Coalition concerned over Pompeo's visit to Guyana

GEORGETOWN, September 14, 2020 – Guyana’s Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon and Coalition partner, AFC Chairman Raphael Trotman, say they are concerned about the impending visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and what he is expected to demand from the Guyana government as it relates to neighbouring Venezuela.

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Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael Kozak

GUYANA | US welcomes Guyana’s support for democracy in Venezuela

GEORGETOWN,  Guyana, August 16, 2020 - The United States (US) on Saturday welcomed Guyana’s decision to join several other countries around the world in calling for Venezuelans, including the military, back the establishment of a transition government to prepare for free and fair general elections.

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The U.K. Denies Venezuela Access to Gold for Food and Medicines

The U.K. Denies Venezuela Access to Gold for Food and Medicines

The United Kingdom's High Court Thursday decided that opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido can access 31 tons of Venezuelan gold held in the Bank of England, which prevents President Nicolas Maduro's administration from using those resources to fight the pandemic.

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Guyana’s Co-Agent and Head of the Legal Team in Guyana’s border case against Venezuela, Sir Shridath Ramphal .

GUYANA begins defence of 1899 Arbital award against Venezuela in ICJ

THE HAGUE, June 30, 2020 - Guyana’s Co-Agent and Head of the Legal Team in Guyana’s border case against Venezuela, Sir Shridath Ramphal told the International Court of Justice today that Guyana is maintaining that the ICJ  does have jurisdiction in the matter,  based on the plain text of the 1966 Geneva Agreement by which the parties consented to accept the decision of the UN Secretary-General on the means of settlement of their dispute over the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Justice
GUYANA | ICJ begins hearing of the Guyana-Venezuela 1899 Arbital Award

GUYANA | ICJ begins hearing of the Guyana-Venezuela 1899 Arbital Award

THE HAGUE,  Netherlands, June 30, 2020- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today began hearing the case of the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela on the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899, to first determine whether the ICJ has jurisdiction to rule on the validity and permanence of that disputed boundary, and secondly to determine the validity of the boundaries.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in CARICOM
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau Of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the US Department of State, Julie J Chung (Source: Twitter)

T&T | US warns TT businesses:comply with US sanctions on Venezuela

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, JUNE 12, 2020 - The United States has subtly implied that Trinidadian Businesses could face retaliation from the that country if they failed to comply with the economic sanctions that the US has unilaterally imposed on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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