Mapa Oficial de
la República Bolivariana de Venezuela con la Zona en Reclamación - La Guayana Esequiba
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KINGSTON,
March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) released a statement on
Friday to express its concerns on the territorial dispute between Guyana and
Venezuela, according to reports reaching here from Georgetown.
The
Georgetown-based regional bloc, which consists of most Anglophone countries in
and around the Caribbean, reiterated "firm, longstanding and continued
support" to Guyana, who is on a heated verbal clash against its
Spanish-speaking neighbor.
The
territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela on the area of Essequibo in
the Guiana region on the north coast of South America is a long-run problem
inherited from colonial powers. An international arbitration gave Britain
rights to the Essequibo in 1899, but Venezuela called the ruling into question
in 1966, upon Guyana's independence from Britain.
After a few
military confrontations during the 1960s and the 1970s, the conflict has
remained stable. But a new round of debate resurfaced recently as ExxonMobil
revealed its plan to start an offshore drilling near the area.
According to
the Guyanese government, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez sent a
letter to the U.S. company's Guyana office last month to oppose the move.
ExxonMobil, however, insisted they are operating offshore "under license
from the government of Guyana."
The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs in Guyana then issued a statement insisting the country
"has full and unfettered authority to unilaterally explore, with or
without partners, and exploit the living and non-living resources within its
jurisdiction.
But this
assertion was called "unfair and false" by Venezuela. The country's
foreign ministry asked the Guyanese to seek a "practical and satisfactory
solution for both sides... without the interference of foreign factors."
CARICOM
issued a statement on Friday in support of its member state Guyana and
expressed the hope for an early resolution.
"The
Caribbean Community reiterates its firm, long-standing and continued support
for the maintenance of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana and
for the unhindered economic and social development of all of Guyana,"
CARICOM said.
"In this
regard, the community, once again, expresses its hope for an early resolution
of the controversy which has arisen as a result of Venezuela's contention that
the arbitral award of 1899, which definitively settled the boundary between the
two countries, is null and void," it added.
2005 La
Guayana Esequiba – Zona en Reclamación. Instituto Geográfico Simón Bolívar Primera Edición
Nota del
editor del blog:
Al referenciarse a la República Cooperativa de
Guyana se deben de tener en cuenta los 159.500Km2, de territorios ubicados al
oeste del río Esequibo conocidos con el nombre de Guayana Esequiba o Zona en
Reclamación sujetos al Acuerdo de Ginebra del 17 de febrero de 1966.
Territorios estos sobre los cuales el Gobierno
Venezolano en representación de la Nación venezolana se reservo sus derechos
sobre los territorios de la Guayana Esequiba en su nota del 26 de mayo de 1966
al reconocerse al nuevo Estado de Guyana:
“...por lo tanto, Venezuela reconoce como
territorio del nuevo Estado, el que se sitúa al este de la margen derecha del
río Esequibo y reitera ante la comunidad internacional, que se reserva
expresamente sus derechos de soberanía territorial sobre la zona que se
encuentra en la margen izquierda del precitado río; en consecuencia, el
territorio de la Guayana Esequiba sobre el cual Venezuela se reserva
expresamente sus derechos soberanos, limita al Este con el nuevo Estado de
Guyana, a través de la línea del río Esequibo, tomando éste desde su nacimiento
hasta su desembocadura en el Océano Atlántico...”
LA GUAYANA ESEQUIBA
http://laguayanaesequiba.blogspot.com/2008/01/la-guayana-esequiba.html
Terminología sobre cómo referenciar la
Zona en Reclamación-Guayana Esequiba.
Mapa que señala el
Espacio de Soberanía Marítima Venezolana que se reserva, como Mar Territorial mediante el Decreto Presidencial No 1152 del 09
de Julio de 1968
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