Maduro’s coup is at sea – 12/09/2023 – Elio Gaspari

Nicolás Maduro does not want the lands of the Essequibo plateau with its centuries-old forests. The map he displayed, incorporating more than half of Guyana’s land, was a theatrical gesture. His interest is underwater, on the continental shelf, where an oil reserve estimated at 11 billion barrels was found, equivalent to 75% of Brazil’s reserves.

On the same day that Maduro appointed a general to govern the hypothetical lands, he authorized the state-owned PDVSA to negotiate contracts for oil exploration in the disputed zone.

Problem: Guyana has a contract with the American ExxonMobil to operate in the reserve and a military cooperation agreement with the United States. Maduro said it has three months to suspend its operations. On Thursday, US Southern Command announced “routine operations” in Guyana.

In the midst of so many threats, Maduro said he “is open to talking.” He is looking for a window of opportunity to extract from Guyana at least some of the oil that emerges from the bottom of the sea. Maduro waits for mediators to appear and ask for negotiations, ignoring the absurdity of his ultimatum. That’s the best case scenario for him.

At worst, and the most likely, if he does not back down, the American Navy, with the possible support of the British, will guarantee oil exploration in Guyana’s territorial waters.

In this case, Maduro would enter the gallery where portraits of Saddam Hussein and Leopoldo Galtieri are displayed. One invaded Kuwait in 1990 and was hanged in 2006. The other invaded the Falkland Islands in April 1982 and was deposed in June.

Eremildo, the idiot

Eremildo is a visionary and defends the creation of a supranational body to solve all the world’s problems, without each country’s Congress being able to block its decisions.

The idiot thought Itamaraty’s decision to classify the plebiscite to decide the issue of the annexation of Essequibo as “an internal matter for Venezuela” was correct.

Eremildo only fears that Javier Milei will decide to denounce American President Grover Cleveland’s 1895 arbitration award and call a plebiscite for Argentines to decide whether he should annex western Santa Catarina.

Jânio wanted trouble with Guyana

Great-great president wanting trouble with Guyana is not exclusive to Venezuela. Jânio Quadros came up with this idea, when its oil reserves were not known.

On July 31, 1961, he sent a note to the military ministers setting up the boat:

“1) I wish to draw Your Excellencies’ attention to the problem of the three Guianas, subjected to intense autonomist or national emancipation work, with the presence of strong left-wing currents, some, admittedly, communist.

2) It is necessary to draw up, urgently, plans in relation to them, and execute them.

Is there still the possibility of our penetration into these three States and, eventually, their respective integration, in whole or in part, into our country?”

A week later he returned to the topic, announcing that he would deal with the Guianas at a next ministerial meeting.

On August 21, elections were held in British Guiana, won by Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan, a popular leader, who was moving away from England.

Jânio returned to the subject, on the 23rd, without mentioning territorial annexation, and wrote to the military ministers:

“Excellencies:

1) With the recent elections in British Guiana, a country with a Soviet structure will undoubtedly be installed in the North of Brazil. I know the leader of this new government and I consider him to be extremely dangerous;

2) I request from Your Excellencies, in your respective portfolios and in the Security Council, maximum vigilance with regard to communist infiltration in the Armed Forces and in fatal sectors [vitais] of the nation’s economy and work.”

On August 25th, Jânio had another idea and resigned from the Presidency of the Republic, thinking that he would return to power in the arms of the people.

The rest is history.

(Two years earlier, Cuban Fidel Castro had resigned as prime minister after falling out with President Manuel Urrutia. Days later the people returned him to power.)

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