AFC wants answers from Govt. over increased threats from Venezuela
Mar 17, 2025
Kaieteur News- In a statement on Sunday, the Alliance For Change (AFC) made a call to the Government of Guyana (GoG) demanding answers about recent incidents that saw increased aggression from neighbouring Venezuela.
Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Nigel Hughes
The AFC said, “Guyana’s issues and contentions with Venezuela are getting more serious and complex by the week. Since the beginning of 2025, the citizens have witnessed the vicious attack on the GDF patrol unit in the Cuyuni River, in February, and the brazen intrusion into Guyana’s waters by a Venezuelan patrol vessel, the Guaiqueri PO-11, earlier in March.” To this end, the party said that they demand that the sanctity of the country is not violated, “not only by a lawless neighbour, but also by weak leadership within our country.”
Alleged syndicato’s attack on members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) River patrol in the Cuyuni River, resulted in injuries to six of the soldiers.
After that incident, on March 1, 2025, at approximately 07:00hrs, a Venezuelan armed vessel entered Guyana’s waters and approached the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Prosperity, which operates in the oil-rich Stabroek Block. The Venezuelan vessel radioed the FPSO, claiming it was operating in “disputed international waters” before continuing toward other FPSOs in the block. Notably, Guyana’s head-of state, President Irfaan Ali had underscored that while Guyana is firmly committed to the rule of international law, to peaceful resolution of controversies, and to the power of diplomacy, “Guyana will not allow Maduro and Venezuela to threaten or violate our sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
However, AFC believes that the government has proven on multiple occasions that “it has no stomach for a fight with Venezuela and instead chooses gimmickry and falsehoods to hide the reality from the Guyanese people of how bad the situation is.”
“All Guyanese regardless of their station in the society must be fully informed and motivated in these perilous times, nothing less will do,” AFC said.
Notably, Venezuela has long claimed more than two-thirds of Guyana (the Essequibo region). As a result, Guyana had approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to settle the border controversy. This case remains pending before the court.
(AFC wants answers from Govt. over increased threats from Venezuela)
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