American Fighter Jets Fly Over Guyana In Show of Support Against Socialist Maduro’s Territorial Ambitions in Oil-Rich Essequibo Region
The situation in South America may be about to devolve into a military confrontation between Socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela and the oil-rich, western affiliated Guyana.
The new development increasing the tension: American military fighter planes.
The object of the dispute is the Essequibo region, that has been a part of Guyana for over a century and has become the subject of border litigation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
125,000 of Guyana’s 800,000 citizens live in this area, but Caracas has long claimed it should be under its control.
Guyana’s government in Georgetown has turned to the US for military aid, “seeking to deepen the ongoing security cooperation program between our two countries.”
AFP reported:
“American fighter jets flew over Guyana Thursday in a military exercise that irked Venezuela,