Powder Keg America: Socialist Dictator Maduro Orders Venezuelan Companies To Start Prospecting Oil and Gas in the Disputed Waters of Guyana
South America braces itself for war – and so should the US.
Some people reacted to Venezuela’s referendum on annexing the Esequibo region of Guyana by saying that it was probably a ruse, a distraction to Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s very low popularity in the run-up to next year’s presidential election.
We all wish they’d be right, but the immediate developments suggest that it isn’t so.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has directed the country’s state-owned Petroleum companies to ‘immediately begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas, and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region.’
The disputed territory is ‘larger than Greece’ and incredibly rich in oil and minerals.
The announcement came a mere day after Maduro enacted his weekend referendum on whether to claim sovereignty over the region.
