Economics
CovertAction Bulletin: US Targets Venezuela on Behalf of ExxonMobil
In a December 3rd referendum, 10.4 million Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly to keep the US out of the disagreement and to continue to handle the dispute under the 1966 Geneva Agreement.
The US State Department is dismissing the referendum results and while spokesperson Matthew Miller said the US wants a peaceful resolution, Secretary of State Blinken has put forward that the US totally backs Guyana and that the region 61,600 square mile area is fully Guyanese.
To get into the history of Essequibo and help us understand what’s happening in the context of decades of US imperialist actions against Venezuela, were joined by Gloria La Riva of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee.